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Hacking an OS is a preferred method of the bad guys. OS attacks make up a large portion of attacks simply because every computer has an operating system. They are susceptible to many well-known exploits, including vulnerabilities that remain unpatched years later.

Occasionally, some OSes that tend to be more secure out of the box — such as the old-but-still-out-there Novell NetWare, OpenBSD, and IBM Series i — are attacked, and vulnerabilities turn up. But hackers tend to prefer attacking Windows, Linux, and macOS because they’re more widely used.

Here are some examples of attacks on operating systems:

 Exploiting missing patches

 Attacking built-in authentication systems

 Breaking file system security

 Installing ransomware to lock down the system to extort money or other assets

 Cracking passwords and weak encryption implementations