You can use the whois command to determine where the IP was originally registered: whois 8.8.8.8. You can also view information about logged-in users and any active processes they’re running with: who ...

To determine if a server has this problem, type the command ‘ps; sleep 2; ps ‘ and look at the PID (process identification) numbers that were assigned to the two different ‘ps’ processes.

Even though Linux is one of the most secure operating systems on the market, it’s not perfect. In fact, there has been a rise of attacks on the platform, which will continue to trend upwards as ...