First published: 29th March 2012
This is the third monthly report from West Coast Labs's honeypot in Hong Kong, providing 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. The number of attacks has dropped this month, and Canada tops the list of the commonest source for the first time.
Average Time To Infect: 15 hours 49 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. Two hours longer than previously.
Summary
- Total number of attacks : 44
- 25 are brand new to this honeypot.
- 10 of these files have not been seen in other honeypots
Source of Attacks
The following breaks down where these attacks have come from by use of IP geolocation.| Number of attacks | Source |
|---|---|
| 8 | Canada |
| 7 | United States |
| 7 | Japan |
| 4 | Saint Lucia |
| 4 | Thailand |
| 2 | Germany |
| 1 | Finland |
| 1 | Taiwan |
| 1 | Ukraine |
| 1 | Macedonia |
| 1 | Malaysia |
| 1 | Romania |
| 1 | Korea, Republic of |
| 1 | Vietnam |
| 1 | India |
| 1 | Hungary |
| 1 | Egypt |
| 1 | China |
Canada, the United States and Japan are the top sources this month.
Malware List
| Checksum (md5) | This month | Previous count | Detection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 524412854e3e07f03daa94f52732fd5a | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7116, Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.epr , , ) |
| 61750fceda6d2d955ffe39406323a900 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7205, Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 5cfc941ac811a6cb7eb689b10b623965 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/EmailWorm.AMX, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 27e0cb71d5229bf0290590dc9eef70ba | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/allaple.h , trojan.win32.genome.rioo Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 01217b54b0c96a9a7a21b7525b303f19 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Allaple.C, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| d3e06bd6807fed271a0999eaf15b191e | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/GenBl.D3E06BD6!Olympus, Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.kbuc Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih , , ) |
| a53d42b903c73c6f3a344839544cc86f | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Allaple.A.gen!Eldorado, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| a0f7bc4600b926cc466c3f1328482088 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7116, Virus.Win32.Virut.av Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 624223c0add992ad25ace18a0e04a948 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/RAHack.A.gen!Eldorado, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 208ad942d625713918bc9e1907d843af | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (, Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.cybi , , ) |
| 4fef2f0068be9a49fc23b67b4e0c0b09 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/EmailWorm.HQK, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| ceaa9adf344f3bf47fff1d1cf19a58a1 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7116, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 820dc20fab3125fefd3ebff3ab4e0f0f | 5 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/GenBl.820DC20F!Olympus, Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Poebot.ce , , ) |
| 59f45bee28c9e31145ef7a2ef7a66ef7 | 8 | 0 ***NEW | N (, , , ) |
| a78b07e6875c8a0702ce855bf41d0abb | 4 | 0 ***NEW | N (, , , ) |
| e3bb292eff0a5bfbf768f42dcbea845d | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/WormX.TV W32/Allaple.H , trojan.win32.genome.rioo Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| bf79e90feed96f50c0ba5d7f212757e9 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/agent.ix.gen!eldorado , Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bmxb trojan-spy.win32.agent.bmxb , , ) |
| 06eaaf68e98a39b2085d5c15f40bf298 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/RAHack.A.gen!Eldorado, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| c896319a2f711580ce9fcb1160eadcef | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Allaple.A.gen!Eldorado, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 48a23388878a981bf058b26f659ddb05 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | N (, , , ) |
| f11d86b86efb1d523a07ec8bcb94a61e | 1 | 0 ***NEW | N (, , , ) |
| 9e299dd7ecc7e286d33f962275a1053b | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Allaple.A.gen!Eldorado, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 9be443d09b25157fcfbccb953f4a2cd4 | 4 | 4 | N (, , , ) |
| 979ed4871eb7ca2dad69c48cd924f4d5 | 1 | 1 | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 6280aa5062ee0e5a94b26fa85ae76d5d | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.AEFV , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 07f43e524ea20e1a5677e8ae7434ebdb | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7116, , , ) |
| 12fb7332920a7797c2d02df29b57c640 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Trojan2.KEXN , Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bmxb, , ) |
Note
The parameter 'Detection' here relates to whether one or more scanners was able to associate a name with this checksum.