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Fishing for Hackers: Analysis of a Linux Server Attack

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A few days ago I stumbled upon a classic blog post covering common recommendations for hardening a fresh new Linux server: install fail2ban, disable SSH password authentication, randomize SSH port, configure iptables, etc. That got me thinking: what would happen if I did exactly the opposite? Of course the most common result is to fall victim to a botnet that is scanning a wide range of public IP addresses, hoping to find some poorly configured service to attack with brute force (SSH or Wordpress to name a few). But what actually happens when you are the victim of one of these simple attacks? What does an attacker do? This post tries to answer these questions by analyzing an actual attack on our servers, captured entirely with sysdig. So let’s go fishing!

more here......http://draios.com/fishing-for-hackers/

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