What should I do after being hacked

Question

I noticed my test Rails app calling some strange routes

" Started GET “/w00tw00t.at.blackhats.romanian.anti-sec:)”.

and also running php my admin scripts even though I never installed it. Also in the logs, there’s a record of connections from strange ip addresses (such as 203.199.209.145 ) that google results reveal to be associated with suspicious behaviour

Julius Germani · Answer

hey,

those idiots scan the whole internet, I see that GET request every day at work.

Just because you see a GET or POST to your webserver does not mean you have been hacked.

If you have people actually connecting via ssh to your server (or whatever other management tools/ports) you have enabled and successfully logging in then be concerned or you seeing files in your web server that you did not put there (apache flaws, php exploits aka web server hacked etc)

You saying you are running php my admin even though you did not install it worries me though… you sure it didnt come with your droplet? Can you see who has connected to your server? Who is logged on from what IP?

If you have no clue kill the box and walk away slowly :)

Kamal Nasser · Answer

Is this a GET request from your droplet or to your droplet?

Kamal Nasser · Answer

I recommend disabling nginx/unicorn and killing all processes that are related to your rails app until you find the infected files.

As Pablo said, if you have a snapshot/backup of your droplet you can restore it from there.

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