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Dealing with brute force on RHEL

Box got slow and decided to vim /var/log/secure and saw a bunch of brute force methods trying to ssh with names starting from A-Z. iptables was installed so I added the ip via: iptables -I FORWARD -s [ip] -j DROP iptables -I INPUT -s [ip] -j…
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how to identify & respond to bruteforce attacks

(skip to the end for less context) I have a CentOS 6 box with a few security measures taken - disabled root login, strong passwords, and user whitelist for FTP and SSH, and fail2ban installed. I get the 'usual' level of attempted logins for SSH,…
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How to stop failed login attempts by a domain

I'm getting a ton of bruteforce attacks today from a domain rather then an IP. I tracked down the websites IP address and blocked it but I am still getting the bruteforce warnings. Can I some how use iptables to block a domain…
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Is there any conflict between DirectAdmin Brute force monitor and LFD?

Is there any conflict between DirectAdmin Brute force monitor and LFD? any help appreciated.
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What is the best alternative to BFD? Somethings to block DDoS and Brute Force Attacks?

I have an Ubuntu server which is running Nginx and have a Wordpress site. I need good protection for it. Recently I found that BFD is causing some problems so I had to disable it. Does any one know of a better solution?
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Virtualbox crash is that mean my server got attack?

I'm kind of confused right now recently my friend who also take care of the server got an email from the DirectAdmin say that we got Brute-Attack with one of the IP from Italy, but I didn't get a chance to look at the scree. Our Virtualbox run on…
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Is cpHulk known to exhaust system resources, to the point of oom-killer getting called?

This issue started happening a week after I got a server upgrade, from iWeb. The new IPs that were assigned to me, were on some massive hacker/botnet list; so, for the first while I was getting insane amounts of brute force attacks. I banned as many…
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Windows Server 2003 W3SVC Failing, Brute Force attack possibly the cause

This week my website has disappeared twice for no apparent reason. I logged onto my server (Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2) and restarted the World Web Publishing service, website still down. I tried restarting a few other services like DNS and…
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SSH Brute Force Attack; Auto-Ban IP-Addresses

Possible Duplicate: Preventing brute force attacks against ssh? We have approximately 20 internet connected virtual machines, and just noticed that hackers are trying to brute force SSH port 22. They are trying common usernames (root, mysql,…
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Block brute force attack via Remote Desktop Protocol

Possible Duplicate: Ban, slowdown or stop massive login attempts to RDP I have a Windows 2008 Server which is being attacked very hard. Somebody is trying to use brute force to sign in to the server via remote desktop protocol. And looks like…
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How to use RegEx for mod_security

I have a directory/site set-up like this on my Apache/2.2.19 (Win32) Server using mod_security + core ruleset/2.2.1 /website1/login.php /website2/login.php /website3/login.php /websiteN/login.php In my modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf I…
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Preventing brute force attacks against ssh - on Windows Server?

Same question as this Preventing brute force attacks against ssh? - specifically for Windows Server. Strong passwords, RSA auth, and port knocking all apply to windows - but I'm hoping for something to block repeatedly failing IP addresses. I'm not…
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Auto-ban IP from connecting to SQL Server 2005 after n failed logons?

I'm helping a customer with an exposed SQL Server 2005. They will not budge on a firewall or VPN solution, and their logs are full of signs of a brute force attack. Is there way to auto-ban an IP address after X failed logons to SQL Server 2005?
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Protecting Postfix/Dovecot combo against brute force

Typical mail server with Postfix and Dovecot if well configured, rejects efficiently vast majority of spammers attempts. There are two things though, which are not dealt with in typical configurations I worked with: scripts that attempt "forever",…
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lastb shows an IP address that is firewalled

I normally never get any bad login SSH attempts, since my port 22 is deeply burried behind a firewall that blocks all but one IP - my VPN. Yet, I just ran -lastb and to my jaw-dropping surprise it seems that in fact there were two bad loging…
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