First published: 28th July 2012
This is the seventh 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 this month has jumped up sharply, with most coming from Finland.
Average Time To Infect: 2 hours 44 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
- Total number of attacks : 263
- 17 are brand new to this honeypot.
Source of Attacks
The following breaks down where these attacks have come from by use of IP geolocation.
| 230 | Finland |
| 7 | Taiwan |
| 6 | Japan |
| 5 | United_States |
| 2 | Kazakstan |
| 2 | Brazil |
| 2 | Spain |
| 2 | Vietnam |
| 2 | Canada |
| 1 | Indonesia |
| 1 | Singapore |
| 1 | Australia |
| 1 | Malaysia |
| 1 | Hong_Kong |
Malware
| Checksum (md5) | This month | Previous count | Detection* |
|---|---|---|---|
| e42f4d2d96bea46838e780b2b40cd54b | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/sdbot.aefv W32/Backdoor2.AJVM , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , , ) |
| 5857bdf42f797445cfa3b09ed7c77f6b | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/allaple.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 3dd2c2b97fc8824ebc7c770752899bed | 1 | 3 | Y (w32/genbl.3dd2c2b9!olympus , Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Poebot.eq , , ) |
| 94109e9b3f2b045350db9a5cb592b178 | 4 | 8 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 382fdcff132b058cfe50065b84fd8a4c | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 W32/Sdbot.AEFV , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 0ab0fa91709a5fb0b48b9b10e51b16d1 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 961dcb5a7c03b7f9acceab3e7e66c134 | 1 | 2 | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Virus.Win32.Virut.av Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 2f26fd2edab6f916d686604db20264f2 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/RAHack.A.gen!Eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 865915650a85e7c27cdd11850a13f86e | 2 | 11 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 5db68cd45f0c95c9cba56ae6a2bacc6b | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 3875b6257d4d21d51ec13247ee4c1cdb | 2 | 26 | Y (W32/Sdbot.AEFV W32/Malware!44f4 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , W32Rbot!I2663.exe , ) |
| 4711e0fccd0565f1826fe10909f1698e | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/RAHack.A.gen!Eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 9987b5cbff8f6942a29b707d1a549b77 | 230 | 0 ***NEW | N ( , , , ) * not a new file but with limited detection |
| 65dfcfe7988418e7b7eb084c96051b92 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.65dfcfe7!olympus , Backdoor.Win32.Azbreg.awc , , ) |
| 4d6c4cc06bacbab059ba52607530d1ec | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.4d6c4cc0!olympus , HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic , , ) |
| 5fe9bf522fb0160b50e4737bd9e09fe7 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.5fe9bf52!olympus , Backdoor.Win32.Azbreg.bch , , ) |
| bbb5034e33568e100dd3dadabb5a57e9 | 2 | 12 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 4ed217391b897fc2d46ec9ce8af282cf | 1 | 3 | Y (W32/Virut.AG , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 6e2fa9031a05b9649da062c550d14a3d | 1 | 3 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 32610374d3922a1ae50fada7a684931e | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Allaple.C , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 9cf15714790fd07ad2955dfef7255af0 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Emailworm.AMX , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 15965bb88165d1eb06851d8f076130ba | 1 | 14 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 4dc508b15c0b748ff16e79088a1179ea | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/RAHack.A.gen!Eldorado, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| cb576cca04946b3d0829703d108ae270 | 1 | 14 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 33fdb683c37fe3d87a403a5db0cbe821 | 1 | 1 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| df630013dccf7c7741a924e9353005e2 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.AG , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 85a786387d1511bececc87843631ddc2 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Trojan.MEX , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , , ) |
| b0599b847e5df4109e7a0e4ad883e00e | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.AG , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e Virus.Win32.Virut.at , , ) |
One of these files has been in the Wildlist.
Note:
The parameter 'Detection' here relates to whether one or more scanners was able to associate a name with this checksum.