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January Hong Kong Honeypot Report

First published: 31st January 2012

Near the end of 2011, West Coast Labs and Yui Kee Computing arranged for a honeypot to be installed on a Hong Kong IP address. Since then, it has been collecting malware and feeding in to West Coast Labs' research as one point in their global network of honeypots.

Yui Kee is now receiving a monthly report from this honeypot, and this will become a regular feature of the newsletter. The report may give some indication of the type and level of malware threat in Hong Kong, but it is only based on a single honeypot, so the conclusions should be treated with caution.

Average Time To Infect: 13 Hours 32 Minutes

The average time to infect is an indication of how long it would be before a vulnerable computer connected to the internet in Hong Kong became infected.

Summary

Source of Attacks

The following breaks down where these attacks have come from by use of IP geolocation.
Number of attacksSource
18United_States
12Japan
5Taiwan
3China
3France
2Latvia
2Slovakia
2Russian_Federation
1Vietnam
1unknown
1Malaysia
1Hong_Kong
1Italy
1United_Kingdom
1Philippines
1Bulgaria

The first report from this honeypot (not published) showed a predominance of attacks from local, Hong Kong IP addresses. As the address has become more widely known, the pattern of sources of attacks is becoming more global and closer to patterns seen elsewhere. Initially the majority of attacks come from the host country or region, normally expanding outwards during the life of the honeypot.

Malware List

Checksum (md5)This monthPrevious countDetection
961dcb5a7c03b7f9acceab3e7e66c13420 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 , virus.win32.virut.av , , )
a71a59321a4860eb1410caface60896410 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , )
a9bc9fe2f0425a9bb708e9b20631332510 ***NEWY (w32/sdbot.aefv , , , )
6285dd99fa8a01c461b6ea76bed7106210 ***NEWY (w32/sdbot.aefv W32/Sdbot.AEFV , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , )
6a1132597dc25097807f73f30f36460d10 ***NEWY (w32/genbl.6a113259!olympus , , , )
f5204d5684b8090f09d89dd853ae4f8210 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 w32/sdbot.aefv , backdoor.win32.rbot.adqd , , )
723e9315cdf986dae03e0a4500a2d1f210 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 w32/virut.7116 w32/sdbot.aefv w32/sdbot.aefv , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , )
4a00614bfa7ab6042d540585f6dacf3c30 ***NEWY (, Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.irsc , , )
df06c908c96c0929d8e2864c10998dea10 ***NEWY (w32/sdbot.aefv W32/Sdbot.AEFV , Type_Win32 Trojan.Win32.Agent.ayuc , , )
79655dbb36eb8fd7ab5f650471a4858910 ***NEWY (, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , )
c2e282011574730502bd8def5bec77cc10 ***NEWY (w32/injector.a.gen!eldorado W32/Injector.A.gen!Eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , )
0b4410d02a1a59a7d8c458841a8237c010 ***NEWY (, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
a594fb8abc907dd1683a0f7ee344721610 ***NEWY (, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
b4d9dd3a19e7fdd2211d81983f8e4d7510 ***NEWY (w32/allaple.h w32/allaple.h , Trojan.Win32.Genome.rioo trojan.win32.genome.rioo Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , )
a1f0861827129f39cfbd0f0a135f702310 ***NEWY (, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
979ed4871eb7ca2dad69c48cd924f4d510 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , )
755a34c24864f112a03849d72576e91910 ***NEWY (, Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.bslj , , )
604caa2c37697b38a7dffad5b015718810 ***NEWY (w32/emailworm.hqk , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , )
ef60b77f16ae9433c0d03d432b280ee210 ***NEWY (w32/allaple.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , )
3875b6257d4d21d51ec13247ee4c1cdb30 ***NEWY (w32/sdbot.aefv w32/malware!44f4 W32/Sdbot.AEFV W32/Malware!44f4 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , W32Rbot!I2663.exe , )
2c7235f22ba58362cd4c9a2a03de252b10 ***NEWY (w32/sdbot.aefv , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni backdoor.win32.rbot.bni , , )
38d5dc01cb67aadc2312a3821c4296a810 ***NEWY (w32/emailworm.amv , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.d , , )
cf2b32e03d8985fc0b0afc55703850bf10 ***NEWY (, Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Poebot.bt , , )
4af7d99a78285487e6420f13ad92411c10 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 w32/virut.7116 w32/sdbot.aefv , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , )
2cd9ae8e4c3b7fd697da8f2b67c20aea10 ***NEWY (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd backdoor.win32.rbot.adqd , , )
85e64a8450070e7592fb53f7b275d38610 ***NEWY (w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
aee462ee2a64cbffc46250bdb6b2e23d10 ***NEWY (w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
8c6b3f437df9b0acb522093577d4a62310 ***NEWY (w32/sdbot.aefv w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , )
d7fe7b4fee72c3bdb9a95a332872941710 ***NEWY (w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
b43ad71209c5100b9ed71edb1004151440 ***NEWN (, , , )
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e40 ***NEWN Invalid file.
d36259c772f30258b31f42c6e1c99c8e10 ***NEWY (w32/endom.a , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.a , , )
5c6b2ca56695b63a18c3bd22fd006b6910 ***NEWY (w32/allaple.c , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , )
55d4cabac53b6e8928f8e8f3ecf7429310 ***NEWY (, Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.ixcs Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih , , )
94906386c37964fa58e2dc35e73c408010 ***NEWY (, Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.ivyt Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.ivyt , , )
23afd4ad06d26f6442fa06f4ec94451380 ***NEWN (, , , )
f5fbd1189db83db22d7e6cdb55eed19310 ***NEWY (w32/injector.a.gen!eldorado w32/injector.a.gen!eldorado W32/Backdoor!d75d , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , , )

Note

The parameter 'Detection' here relates to whether one or more scanners was able to associate a name with this checksum.


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