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Forensics On a Cracked Linux Server

This blog entry is the step-by-step process that one administrator followed to figure out what was going on with a cracked Linux server. It's quite interesting to me, since I have had the exact same problem (a misbehaving ls -h command) on a development server quite a while back. As it turns out, my server was cracked, maybe with the same tool, and this analysis is much more thorough than the one I was able to do at the time. If you've ever wondered how to diagnose a Linux server that has been hijacked, this short article is a good starting point.

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  1. twitter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh please twitter, please post in this thread and tell us all how this is Microsoft's fault. I can't wait for your explanation for this one!