Combatting reverse shell bots with honeypots ~ Laura Sofia’s Tech-Stash

What do you do if it’s too early to figure out fail2ban and need to stop crude bot attacks?

Earlier this morning, I’ve had to deal with a group of bots trying to hit gold by randomly searching for reverse shells on our server.

I’ve written a small blogpost detailling the attack and how I dealt with it while getting ready for work.