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		3abiton 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Mon... Is there an automated way of doing this?

3np 4 months ago | [–]

Two paths:

- Configuration management (ansible, salt, chef, puppet)

- Preconfigured images (NixOS, packer, Guix, atomic stuffs)

For a one-off: pssh

gus_ 4 months ago | [–]

restricting outbound connections by binary: OpenSnitch .

You can also restrict outbound connections to cryptomining pools and malicious IPs. For example by using IOCs from VirusTotal or urlhaus.bazaar.ch

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