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Monitor outgoing connections with timestamp and process [duplicate]

Actually, I have a CentOS 8 server which is executing brute force attack to other servers. But I have no idea what application or process is performing this attack. I wish to know if there's any tool ...
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Nginx: Rate limit failed basic auth attempts

Given a simple HTTP Basic Auth setup in Nginx (1.14.1 at time of writing) like this: server { ... location / { auth basic "HTTP Auth Required"; auth basic user file "/path/to/htpasswd"; ...
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Prevent SSH attacks

I'm trying to setup iptables rules to only allow 3 attempts by an IP per minute to connect to the servir via SSH, and drop all the connections after to prevent SSH attacks; but it seems i'm doing ...
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Postfix smtpd and smtp restrictions (client, sender, recipient) first restriction that matches wins very ILLOGICAL for brute force attacks

if I have a list of restrictions for: smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_rhsbl_helo dbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rhsbl_reverse_client dbl.spamhaus....
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Detect website attack by using azure sentinel serviceazure

I have a website which builds on AKS. I'm getting DDoS and other kind of attacks in website. In order to take prevention against such attacks, I'm planning to use the tool Azure Sentinel service. ...
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I am continuously getting Audit Failure on the computer. Does that mean someone is trying to brute force to the computer?

I am getting lots of Audit Failure errors on Windows Logs/Security in event viewer. See the image below. Does that mean someone is trying to brute-force to my computer?
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Block unusual traffic from LAN on Switch [closed]

I was wondering if on HP Switches (2920 for example) is there something like storm control but for unicasts? Let's assume, we have a host in our network who bruteforces some random IP addresses. How ...
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Gitea instance is being brute-forcely attacked

My Gitea instance is being brute-forced just as I write this text: gitea | Invalid user yinsen from 94.23.30.184 port 55154 gitea | Connection closed by invalid user yinsen 94.23.30.184 port 55154 [...
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Reverse Proxy (NGinx) with captcha

I am trying to prevent some brute force attacks on an web app by having a captcha before the login page. The application itself is not modifiable by me, so I cannot change the login form. I could put ...
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How can I stop this kind of exim attack?

I has been search here, BUT no topic about my question (they just ask for their email was rejcted, but this time, not my email was been reject), it seem someone try to send spam out via my server, ...
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fail2ban log activity even if IP has been banned anyway

I would like to know if there is a way to know if a banned IP is still trying to contact my server and what is he trying to do? The fail2ban.log seems to show who has been banned, but not if a banned ...
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Can a bots scanning my server change its source ip? Why do I keep getting attacks even after blocking the IP?

I have a PBX (VOIP server) where phones connect in order to make phone calls. The pbx I am using is Asterisk. That server is not being used and it's only purpose is to analyze attacks. The PBX service ...
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Can I Use iptables rate limiting to temporarily block FTP server brute-force attempts?

This is along a similar line to other posts on brute-force attacks, but a bit more specific: We are able to enforce decent passwords, generally, and user name policy also avoids falling prey to what ...
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SSHD: Difference between "connection closed..." and "disconnected from..." in log file

The sshd service on my Ubuntu server is under constant attack for various IP and user id. According to /var/log/auth.log file, there are three different types of fails from unknown id and IP address: ...
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How should I manually add IP addresses to denyhosts?

I have a few IP addresses I want to add manually to denyhosts because they're huge sources of inbound spam. What's the best way to do this? Or should I not be messing with it? I want to manually ...
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Can the bulk execution of "dig domain mx" on 5000 domains be considered an attack to the network?

I have a database containing a lot of invalid emails. I want to remove all the emails whose domain does not have mx record. So after I extracted the domain part I wrote a script to bulk check this for ...
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IIS - Detecting Brute Force Logins and Password Spraying

TLDR; What techniques are being used to detect brute force logins and/or password spraying on IIS hosted websites (including SharePoint, OWA, etc.)? ModSecurity There are many tools for other ...
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Outgoing Brute force attack from my Amazon EC2 [duplicate]

First of all, thank you for reading this. Today I receive an email from aws saying one of my fresh EC2 is being used for brute force attacks along with some details so I could fix the issue. ...
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How to block rdp passwords brute-forcing? [closed]

I've noticed there are significant spikes in cpu consumption on my servers due to bots trying to brute force my rdp password. I tried to change an rdp port, it helps for a while but then it resumes. ...
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Disabled SSLv3 in Windows registry but still showing POODLE vulnerability

Windows server 2016 Standard. Recently we've been getting hit by brute force attempt using POODLE. I did a little research and found we should disable SSLv3. However, when I go into: ...
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Ubuntu Nginx after blocking ip address, still showing up in logs

I have a server that keeps trying to brute force hack via xml-rpc post on a wordpress site. I've blocked the ip address in nginx.conf and noticed that I kept getting these errors in the log file, and ...
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How to find source of 4625 Event ID in windows server 2012

I have many audit failure with event ID 4625 and Logon type 3 in my event log. Is this problem form my server(internal services or applications) ? Or this is brute force attack? Finally How can i ...
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Postfix blank sender from= <>

Recently I received spam report form my vps provider and Trend Micro, I think my vps got suspended because a or some unknow "blank sender" using my mail server as a "jump point", I ...
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Rate limiting with UFW: setting limits

UFW's man page mentions that it can setup iptables rate limiting for me: ufw supports connection rate limiting, which is useful for protecting against brute-force login attacks. ufw ...
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What should I do if I find someone is brute forcing my server password?

I just checked the eventlog on my vps and found that someone is brute forcing both my sql server sa password and windows administrator password. (I have changed the account name from Administrator to ...
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Detect service which is trying to access MySQL database with root privileges

I have a server with MySQL database which is accessible by WordPress. In every 1-2 seconds I see the following in MySQL error.log [Note] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' There is no password ...
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Server IP spoofed and attacking

I have a server that has been reported as an attacker since January, finally today I found some information about these attacks, however none of the logs on my server shows anything similar. As a ...
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How do I prevent unwanted FTP connection attempts on my Windows Server 2012 R2?

It appears that I'm getting FTP connection attempts from unknown sources. The SYN_RECEIVED state is nearly always showing. netstat output C:\Users\Administrator>netstat -aon | findstr &...
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Network Threat Protection

Today, my Database server unexpectedly restarted. After checking it, I found that since the start of December, I was getting this event, Network Threat Protection Event. Here's the event Object ...
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Is there any tool to autoreport brute force attacks?

I'm annoyed by brute force attacks, not because they harm me, my server is pretty secure and no relevant data on it, but because they get away with it and might get someone else. If I do whois idiot....
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Preventing brute-force attacks on MySQL?

I need to turn on networking for MySQLd, but every time I do, the server gets brute-forced into oblivion. Some mean password guessing script starts hammering on the server, opening a connection on ...
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Stop and prevent brute force attacks on Ubuntu 14.04

I've currently 3 servers with SSH service being attacked by brute force. The attack is from multiple sources or one who's changing his IP with each attempt performed. I need help to stop current ...
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How to stop my server from bruteforcing another [duplicate]

There are so many resources on how to stop bruteforce attacks on your server, but I can't find any good on bruteforce attacks FROM a shared hosting server. I am getting a lot of reports from many ...
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Windows RDP: Attack targeting real account names

We have a Windows 2012 R2 server hosted in a datacenter, and we are using RDP for its administration. Automatic updates are enabled. RDP login is not allowed for the Administrator account, and there ...
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Strange behavior in Apache log

I have a Nextcloud server running on Apache, and disabled my firewall for about 5 minutes while I ran an apt-update. I decided to check the logs after, and found this from an unknown IP. It looks like ...
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Azure container instance receives tremendous traffic even right after its creation

I've created an Azure container instance with MSSQL container image. It starts. However before even login, or even putting the URL in to use, I've checked the container logs and it's being hit with ...
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After cyberattack, a new Administrator account has popped up, what, how and for what? [duplicate]

After what seems a human-directed ransomware attack, I am analyzing the system. It is a Windows Server 2016 and I had created the usual Administrator account. Now I see that during the attack, a new "...
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How to stop brute force attacks on Terminal Server (Win2008R2)?

I'm more familiar with Linux tools to stop brute force attacks, so I'm having trouble finding suitable tools for Windows. I'm running a Windows Server 2008 R2 with Terminal Server, and I'd like to ...
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Block bruteforce attempts with nginx & cloudflare without rate limiting

So I discovered servers trying to bruteforce my API so I want to block them...but my specific scenario made it difficult to work with common solutions found on the internet. 1) I don't want to just ...
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How secure are passwords with under 20 characters length?

I recently received a recommandation for setting my password to above 20 characters. The algorithm used for encryption is AES with a 256 bit primary key. How secure is a, let's say, 8 char password ...
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uninstall / deactivate ssh client only on linux server [closed]

How can I uninstall or completely deactivate ssh client only. I still need server to log in. I just wonna pretend ssh brute force attacks commming out from my server. Thanks in advance.
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continuous attack on server nginx

nginx access log There is a continuous attack on server and i am not sure from where it happening. if someone can understand and guide me on this.
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Handling ssh brute force attacks from ::1?

I have an Ubuntu server; first I ran into this, as I couldn't log in via ssh at all: ssh connection takes forever to initiate, stuck at "pledge: network" After a hard reboot, I could log ...
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SSH Brute Force Login Attempts - enable automated email to abuse-mailbox

Running some servers I noticed increased SSH Brute Force Login Attempts over the years. fail2ban is a great tool which massively slows them down and can email the abuse-mailbox/OrgAbuseEmail of the ...
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Preventing brute force attacks against ssh?

What tool or technique do you use to prevent brute force attacks against your ssh port. I noticed in my Security logs, that I have millions of attempts to login as various users through ssh. This is ...
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Securing SSH server against bruteforcing

I have a little SVN server, old dell optiplex running debian. I don't have that high demands on my server, because its just a little SVN server... but do want it to be secure. I just renewed my ...
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Using iptables to prevent SSH brute force attacks and DDOS attacks

I have the following lines at the very top of iptables, these are used to prevent SSH brute force attacks and DDOS attacks: iptables segment to prevent SSH brute force attacks and DDOS attacks What ...
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Preventing brute force attacks

What are the best tools to prevent Brute force attacks against ssh and FTP on Linux servers ?
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Sharing IP black lists

Are there any tools similar to fail2ban that would allow sharing of IP black lists? What I'm looking for is something similar to a DNS based blackhole list or real-time blackhole list as is used to ...
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MySQL shutting down on ~ same time and is not starting. Brute Force Attack? Or what?

my portal started to shutting down (1 time a day) and it happening over a week now and i do not know were could issue be. .. MySQL is shutting down on about the same time and is not starting after ...

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