A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks in excess of 150Gbps

Re:A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks in exc... by doguozkan on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @02:58AM (#10302237)

I think monitoring your outgoing traffic would give you a clue. Also if what I read on Ars is correct, this botnet preys on weak root passwords, so disabling remote root or using keys would be great ways to protect yourself against this botnet.

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Re:A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks in exc... by mirimir on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @03:08AM (#10302273)

This! And also, in sshd_config, disable password-based authentication. But first, make sure that key-based authentication works ;)

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