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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/DrMcTouchy on 2024-09-30 10:50:45+00:00.


I decided not to blur the IP addresses because screw them.

This is a friendly reminder to go through your firewall and port-forwarding settings occasionally.

I had a Filezilla Docker container running, and I needed to forward a port through the firewall a while back. It was just sitting there idle, waiting for me to use it again. Or, for someone else to…

Plex started acting up, so I logged in remotely to see what was going on, only to find the CPU pegged at 100%. I pulled the logs of the Docker container that was using all the CPU time, and saw that it was running XMRig, which I definitely didn’t install.

I’m not at home right now so I can’t dig into it any deeper yet, but it looks like I (foolishly) rolled out the carpet for them. Luckily my GPU isn’t mapped to this container, and I caught it pretty quick, so after going through my firewall settings and cleaning up the remains of my other projects, I’m hopeful this is a one-time occurance.

Just goes to show that anonymity is not secure by default.

yup.

EDIT: Container used was on Unraid’s Community Apps. Filezilla

Edit2: I’m working night shift so I’m gonna go take a nap, I promise I will get back to answering questions and trying things after I get up.