Does a log entry with "SPT=81" despite nothing listening on that port indicate my server is hacked?

I manage a Debian GNU/Linux web server (Debian 10 Buster with its bundled 4.19 kernel). I put in place simple iptables logging rules a long time ago, among other things. Here they are:
# iptables -A OUTPUT -d [mySmtpSmarthost]/32 -p tcp -m… Continue reading Does a log entry with "SPT=81" despite nothing listening on that port indicate my server is hacked?

What (aside from the law) prevents cloud-hosting owners from eavesdropping on servers/code?

Given a server hosted on a cloud platform, what would stop the cloud platform owner from stealing the server’s data and/or code?
As far as I can tell, a motivated cloud owner could retrieve the data in its servers while keeping plausible d… Continue reading What (aside from the law) prevents cloud-hosting owners from eavesdropping on servers/code?