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Hacking and Security / Re: Need Help - DDOS attack from my VPS
« on: January 18, 2015, 02:02:20 am »May i just point out the obvious... by stating that a single server does not 'DDoS'. The first D stands for Distributed. Your server could have been part of a DDoS attack... however it couldn't by definition be single handedly performing said attack...
Thanks for stating the obvious, wasnt aware of that.
I suggest you to run a shell detector with php as a base on your server. That may help you finding backdoors if any.
Very good tip, appriciate it, thanks for that.
Nope
You have been compromised, don't run the risk of it happening again. Reinstall and backup whatever is essential. Be careful that nothing you backup is compromised and just be generally vigilant
Do whatever is necessary to not publicly disclose your IP address, that will minimise your chances of actually being attacked.
You are absolutely right, its just that I am still learning ubuntu and its commands so I put alot of time into it, but in this case I really have to start over again, although I am thinking that D4rkcat is right and that wordpress or an old version of phpbb is to blame.
I might just remove wordpress and phpbb and see what has happened after 1 week.