LinuxmemedI didn't do anything
auwaI ain’t no IT expert but what are some things a vulernable windows computer can do?
Lexi SneptaurWindows PCs often carry viruses that can try to compromise other parts of your network. They are also a privacy concern in a big way especially after windows 10.
JoeKroganThe users tend to be less tech savvy than Linux users so they tend to not have adblockers and or allow arbitrary JavaScript from any page to run and or they are running trojanized software because the uploader was “trusted”.
Due to market share they are the biggest target.
Untrusted devices should be on an isolated subnet or if you have the time only devices that need to talk to each other should be on the same subnet.
In an ecosystem where the solution to every problem is “Download this piece of software someone wrote because the standard Windows utilities are worse than usless and don’t provide this basic functionality”, you can’t really blame the users for running every script they encounter uncritically.
I don’t blame them, as you say it is the software ecosystem itself.
In general, a compromised system may be running any software the attacker might find useful, including, but not limited to:
- keyloggers to find passwords that are in use in the company
- software to copy sensitive files to a remote server
- software to encrypt the system itself or (if the computer has access to other machines on the network) other computers
- produce documents (think, mail) that purport to have been created by the user of the corrupt machine.
VicFic!Well block all Microsoft website on your routers firewall
massive_bereavementPeace was never an option.
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Guest network on a separate VLAN is the way to go.
This is the way.
dazzledbeans You must have winshit nightmares.
I see we are still living in 1999.
my joints are telling me otherwise
I went on a trampoline with my kid and my knees are still shaking 2 days later…
Well I don’t see what the problem is…
Call me dumb, but… to me that just sounds like an insecure network, labeled “secure” as long as someone physically guards all the ethernet ports