“Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, VirtualBox fall at Pwn2Own hacking contest”
The point I try to make to people still stuck in the "OS-loyalty" mindset is, all OSes are vulnerable by default. What matters is what measures you take to protect yourself. If you take no measures, then you have misunderstood security and privacy.
I did say I try to make the point, but brand loyalty is very difficult to talk over.
Dunning-Kruger has a substantial effect over Linux users, it seems. I say that as a Linux fanboy. You are 100% correct. Linux (especially certain distros) is not secure by default. Especially for as long as the user-friendly distros aim to minimize configuration, without harming convenience. Which is to say always.
In that article, I see that Windows was pwned 3 times, while MacOS and Ubuntu were pwned once. The other winners went against VMWare and Virtualbox.
What are you trying to say? Windows was the target of three out of six successful exploits, four if you consider the platform-agnostic exploit on Virtualbox.