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Detected crypto miners, rebuilt everything, now pretend we're secure
8. Lessons Learned
• Patch windows matter for SSR frameworks
• App-level RCE can exist without OS-level persistence
• Rebuilds are faster and safer than forensic surgery
• Random-named CPU-heavy processes are strong crypto-mining signals
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9. Ongoing Preventative Measures
• Proactive dependency monitoring
• CPU usage alerts
• Periodic npm audit in CI
• Git cleanliness checks on production hosts
• Clean snapshot retained for recovery
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10. Statement of Confidence
Based on:
• Full OS sweep (cron, systemd, timers)
• Application and proxy audit
• New instance deployment
• Post-migration behavior
There is high confidence that the current production environment is uncompromised and operating securely.