Understanding SSH Honeypot Logs: Attackers Fingerprinting Honeypots, (Thu, Jul 11th)

Some of the commands observed can be confusing for a novice looking at ssh honeypot logs. Sure, you have some obvious commands like “uname -a” to fingerprint the kernel. However, other commands are less intuitive and are not commands a normal user would use. I am trying to summarize some of the more common ones here, focusing on commands attackers use to figure out if they are inside a honeypot.

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Finding Honeypot Data Clusters Using DBSCAN: Part 1, (Wed, Jul 10th)

Sometimes data needs to be transformed or different tools need to be used so that it can be compared with other data. Some honeypot data is easy to compare since there is no customized information such as randomly generated file names, IP addresses, etc.

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Kunai: Keep an Eye on your Linux Hosts Activity, (Mon, Jul 8th)

Microsoft has a very popular tool (part of the SysInternals) called Sysmon[1]. It is a system service and device driver designed to monitor and log system activity, including very useful events like process creations, network connections, DNS requests, file changes, and more. This tool is deployed by many organizations because it’s a great companion to expand the visibility of your Windows environments. Many SOCs rely on it to perform investigations and hunting.

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