<ul><li>The Linux Attack Surface refers to all the points of interaction in a Linux system where an adversary might attempt to exploit vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access or carry out malicious activities.</li><li>Understanding the incident surface is key to efficiently responding to an ongoing attack, mitigating damage, recovering affected systems, and applying lessons learned to prevent future incidents.</li><li>Some key points to investigate in the incident surface include process IDs, CPU and memory usage, terminal associations, process states, start times, and commands.</li><li>Examining logs, disk areas, cronjobs, and system configurations are important for identifying incident traces and potential security issues.</li></ul>

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