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Handling Server Alarms

Updated on 2024-04-15 GMT+08:00

HSS displays alarm and event statistics and their summary all on one page. You can have a quick overview of alarms, including the numbers of servers with alarms, handled alarms, unhandled alarms, blocked IP addresses, and isolated files.

The Events page displays the alarms generated in the last 30 days.

The status of a handled alarm changes from Unhandled to Handled.

Limitations and Constraints

  • To skip the checks on high-risk command execution, privilege escalations, reverse shells, abnormal shells, or web shells, manually disable the corresponding policies in the policy groups on the Policies page. HSS will not check the servers associated with disabled policies. For details, see Checking or Creating a Policy Group.
  • Other detection items cannot be manually disabled.
  • Servers that are not protected by HSS do not support operations related to alarms and events.

Procedure

This section describes how you should handle alarms to enhance server security.

NOTE:

Do not fully rely on alarm handling to defend against attacks, because not every issue can be detected in a timely manner. You are advised to take more measures to prevent threats, such as checking for and fixing vulnerabilities and unsafe settings.

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page, select a region, and choose Security > Host Security Service.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Detection > Alarms and click Server Alarms.

    Table 1 Alarm statistics

    Parameter

    Description

    Time Range

    You can select a fixed period or customize a time range to search for alarms. Only alarms generated within 30 days can be queried.

    The options are as follows:

    • Last 24 hours
    • Last 3 days
    • Last 7 days
    • Last 30 days

    Affected Servers

    Number of servers for which alarms are generated.

    Alarms to be Handled

    Number of alarms to be handled.

    By default, all unhandled alarms are displayed on the Events page.

    Handled Alarms

    Number of handled alarms.

    Blocked IP Addresses

    Number of blocked IP addresses. You can click the number to check blocked IP address list.

    The blocked IP address list displays the server name, attack source IP address, login type, blocking status, number of blocks, blocking start time, and the latest blocking time.

    If a valid IP address is blocked by mistake (for example, after O&M personnel enter incorrect passwords for multiple times), you can manually unblock it. If a server is frequently attacked, you are advised to fix its vulnerabilities in a timely manner and eliminate risks.

    NOTICE:
    • After a blocked IP address is unblocked, HSS will no longer block the operations performed by the IP address.
    • A maximum of 10,000 IP addresses can be blocked for each type of software.

      If your Linux server does not support ipset, a maximum of 50 IP addresses can be clocked for MySQL and vsftp.

      If your Linux server does not support ipset or hosts.deny, a maximum of 50 IP addresses can be blocked for SSH.

    Isolated Files

    HSS can isolate detected threat files. Files that have been isolated are displayed on a slide-out panel on the Server Alarms page. You can click Isolated Files on the upper right corner to check them.

    You can recover isolated files. For details, see Managing Isolated Files.

  4. Handle alarms.

    NOTE:

    Alarms are displayed on the Server Alarms page. Here you can check up to 30 days of historical alarms.

    Check and handle alarms as needed. The status of a handled alarm changes from Unhandled to Handled. HSS will no longer collect its statistics or display them on the Dashboard page.

    • Handling all alarms
      1. Select all of the alarms and click hss_secAlarm_batch_operate_003.
        NOTE:

        Ensure that you have selected the minimum alarm event type. Otherwise, the hss_secAlarm_batch_operate_003 button is unavailable.

      2. In the dialog box that is displayed, select a handling method, confirm the information, and click OK. For more information, see Table 2.
        NOTE:

        An alarm in the Handled state cannot be batch handled.

    • Handling alarms in batches
      1. Select an event type, select multiple alarms, and click Batch Handle.
      2. In the dialog box that is displayed, select a handling method, confirm the information, and click OK. For more information, see Table 2.
    • Handling a single alarm
      1. Select an event type and click Handle in the Operation column of an alarm.
      2. In the dialog box that is displayed, select a handling method, confirm the information, and click OK. For more information, see Table 2.
    Table 2 Alarm handling methods

    Action

    Description

    Ignore

    Ignore the current alarm. Any new alarms of the same type will still be reported by HSS.

    Isolate and kill

    If a program is isolated and killed, it will be terminated immediately and no longer able to perform read or write operations. Isolated source files of programs or processes are displayed on the Isolated Files slide-out panel and cannot harm your servers.

    You can click Isolated Files on the upper right corner to check the files. For details, see Managing Isolated Files.

    For details about events that can be isolated and killed, see Server Alarms.

    NOTE:

    When a program is isolated and killed, the process of the program is terminated immediately. To avoid impact on services, check the detection result, and cancel the isolation of or unignore misreported malicious programs (if any).

    Mark as handled

    Mark the event as handled. You can add remarks for the event to record more details.

    Add to login whitelist

    Add false alarmed items of the Brute-force attack and Abnormal login types to the login whitelist.

    HSS will no longer report alarm on the whitelisted items. A whitelisted login event will not trigger alarms.

    The following alarms can be added to the login whitelist:

    • Brute-force attacks
    • Abnormal logins

    Add to alarm whitelist

    Add false alarmed items to the login whitelist.

    HSS will no longer report alarm on the whitelisted items. A whitelisted alarm will not trigger alarms.

    For details about events that can be isolated and killed, see Server Alarms.

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