First published: 30th August 2012
This is the eighth 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 dropped and is the lowest recorded so far. Last month's high seems to have been a temporary spike.
Average Time To Infect: 39 hours 9 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 : 19
- 11 are brand new to this honeypot.
Source of Attacks
The following breaks down where these attacks have come from by use of IP geolocation.
| 8 | United States |
| 3 | Japan |
| 2 | Canada |
| 2 | Taiwan |
| 1 | Vietnam |
| 1 | Slovakia |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 1 | South Korea |
Malware
| Checksum (md5) | This month | Previous count | Detection* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9b89ef791c5ef4241cc28e30fd464ca2 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| dca8713db4f5b7b84a66b51d925e7f9c | 2 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/sdbot.aefv , Virus.Win32.Virut.n Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.vqt , , ) |
| f71fd17390c73ab350b029027fe97622 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (, Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 46616880960079764e41ff1c1a005712 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (, Trojan.Win32.Buzus.lwbh , , ) |
| 796645533028c68a684cdaa8030f911f | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.ag , Virus.Win32.Virut.at , , ) |
| 0fc020bacbee5719246cf48485cfca7e | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7116 , Virus.Win32.Virut.av Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 12fb7332920a7797c2d02df29b57c640 | 1 | 1 | Y (w32/trojan2.kexn , Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bmxb , , ) |
| 7831454a23399c7ee6dc04fc9c132f3f | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/allaple.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| b4d9dd3a19e7fdd2211d81983f8e4d75 | 1 | 4 | Y (w32/allaple.h , Trojan.Win32.Genome.rioo Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 1d53fb866c27a421f7557e3cda0592ac | 2 | 4 | N (, , , ) This file has low levels of detection. |
| 3875b6257d4d21d51ec13247ee4c1cdb | 1 | 28 | Y (W32/Sdbot.AEFV W32/Malware!44f4 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , W32Rbot!I2663.exe , ) |
| 352a39c959121d2b0b04eae906371df7 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 865915650a85e7c27cdd11850a13f86e | 2 | 13 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 7ef4aef81f21bd4d2740bfa0d3be5867 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.AEFV , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.vqt , , ) |
| d00b9e4680d4c3d641405fbbf2389895 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 644ea081625064565c7e9816f235f264 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Virut.7116 W32/Sdbot.AEFV , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd Virus.Win32.Virut.av , , ) |
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.