How easy is it for someone to actually gain control of my operating system?
Browse the web and you will find countless sites boasting new and improved programs designed to gain nefarious root account access. Any amateur hacker need only execute one of these ready-made programs to attack your system. New methods are designed and conceived everyday – and that’s only the information that the hacker community makes public. Imagine the damage that a sophisticated, professional, and determined hacker can do to a web server hosting a high value e-commerce system such as a bank or a successful on-line retail facility.
