>It’s pretty amazing that after all these years there is so little malware on Linux and in foss.
There's plenty of malware in Linux; it's just never called malware. I'm generally more wary of installing random software on a Linux box than I am on my personal macOS machine.
When I ssh into a customer's machine to discover a bitcoin miner that is definition of malware; and there have been plenty of exploits that involve shodan style scans that take advantage of server software with poor defaults.
There's plenty of malware in Linux; it's just never called malware. I'm generally more wary of installing random software on a Linux box than I am on my personal macOS machine.
When I ssh into a customer's machine to discover a bitcoin miner that is definition of malware; and there have been plenty of exploits that involve shodan style scans that take advantage of server software with poor defaults.