While Windows and macOS have long received attention in malware defense, Linux remained an outlier.
This has inadvertently turned it into a more enticing target for attackers leveraging advanced threats, such as ransomware, IoT malware (like Mirai), backdoors/RATs, and notorious cryptominers like Monero and XMRig. Traditional defenses like antivirus and EDR solutions have struggled to keep pace, especially with Linux-based threats.