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What's got a vast attack surface and runs on Linux? Windows Defender, of course

Barry Rueger

Fuzz?

Jargon that was new to me, so;

Fuzz testing or fuzzing is a software testing technique used to discover coding errors and security loopholes in software, operating systems or networks by inputting massive amounts of random data, called fuzz, to the system in an attempt to make it crash. If a vulnerability is found, a tool called a fuzz tester (or fuzzer), indicates potential causes. Fuzz testing was originally developed by Barton Miller at the University of Wisconsin in 1989.

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/fuzz-testing

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