First published: 31st October 2012
This is the tenth 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 fallen slightly from last month's figure
Average Time To Infect: 32 hours 21 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 : 23
- 20 are brand new to this honeypot.
Source of Attacks
The following breaks down where these attacks have come from by use of IP geolocation.
| 6 | Japan |
| 2 | Taiwan |
| 2 | United States |
| 2 | Hong Kong |
| 1 | Israel |
| 1 | France |
| 1 | Romania |
| 1 | Austria |
| 1 | Vietnam |
| 1 | Philippines |
| 1 | Russia |
| 1 | Canada |
| 1 | Poland |
| 1 | Portugal |
| 1 | Malaysia |
Malware
| Checksum (md5) | This month | Previous count | Detection* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0e8f41329cb1bbe2230c83564fe16c01 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/emailworm.amv , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.d , , ) |
| bbb5034e33568e100dd3dadabb5a57e9 | 2 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.OTR , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 87247ad165eddf91ee2cd8b154c72abd | 2 | 0 ***NEW | N (, , , ) an old file with little detection - probably a PUA |
| 6e2fa9031a05b9649da062c550d14a3d | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.OTR , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , WL-dc1ca4287875927725689f45b31ba338-0 , ) |
| 15965bb88165d1eb06851d8f076130ba | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.OTR , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| f9dc3945bdd7406bd8db06a47963ec14 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.OTR , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| c2e9a9884a40f242bac1d7d9fe39056d | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 04721e2041b088a0a1a175cbeb44febe | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/allaple.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.a , , ) |
| 96843f69e602e96a04c5557ca96243f6 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Virus.Win32.Virut.av Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| 94109e9b3f2b045350db9a5cb592b178 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.OTR , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 4d4c2729b8aa56e70eaf9ef84e9d5d3d | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/agent.ix.gen!eldorado w32/genbl.4d4c2729!olympus , Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bmxb , , ) |
| 3875b6257d4d21d51ec13247ee4c1cdb | 2 | 0 ***NEW | Y (W32/Sdbot.AEFV W32/Malware!44f4 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , W32Rbot!I2663.exe , ) |
| 9e209d037787e76d9c57e263ff86f335 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 33959bb2c48363ddd3637ea78c048b6c | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/sdbot.aefv , Virus.Win32.Suspic.gen Virus.Win32.Virut.n Type_Win32 , , ) |
| 3be3a929774b8dc0ac56065a0c716e87 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.3be3a929!olympus , Backdoor.Win32.Azbreg.hik , , ) |
| 95262bd40b2be4a9c2ef328e14286d00 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | N (, , , ) an old file with no detections |
| 27e0cb71d5229bf0290590dc9eef70ba | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/allaple.h , trojan.win32.genome.rioo Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| aab0b68982d2babcf3656cd686b3ac9f | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/trojan2.kexn , Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bmxb , , ) |
| 14c31fa0f1fdeee959074fda2fdb78fc | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/emailworm.amt , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.a , , ) |
| fbafdef020622e5c62c7a3be49faaa79 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.fbafdef0!olympus , Worm.Win32.Hamweq.hz , , ) |
Two 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.