“Last week I was faced with the situation every user and
administrator dreads–my Web server was hacked. Here’s hoping you
can use my experience as a guide to investigating your own
compromised server, if and when the time comes.“The nightmare started when I returned to my office to discover
17 missed calls on my cell phone. A moment later, the phone rang
again. A frantic customer complained of ‘eyes’ on his Web site. I
visit the site, and, lo and behold, discovered it proclaiming being
‘owned’ by a hacking group. Upon further investigation, I
discovered all the other Web sites on the Debian-based server had
been defaced…”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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