First published: 29th November 2012
This is the eleventh 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 continues to fall slowly.
Average Time To Infect: 49 hours 36 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 : 15
- 8 are brand new to this honeypot.
Source of Attacks
The following breaks down where these attacks have come from by use of IP geolocation.
| 4 | Japan |
| 4 | Canada |
| 2 | Spain |
| 2 | Vietnam |
| 1 | Taiwan |
| 1 | United_States |
| 1 | China |
Malware
| Checksum (md5) | This month | Previous count | Detection* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74aa4e07b4265d7669dca3050c7a180d | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/rbot.b.gen!eldorado , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , , ) |
| 3875b6257d4d21d51ec13247ee4c1cdb | 1 | 33 | Y (W32/Sdbot.AEFV W32/Malware!44f4 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni , W32Rbot!I2663 , ) |
| 95262bd40b2be4a9c2ef328e14286d00 | 1 | 2 | N (, , , ) old file with no detection |
| f9dc3945bdd7406bd8db06a47963ec14 | 1 | 19 | Y (W32/Sdbot.OTR , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 30289051393a82eac311fa400d250de1 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/allaple.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| e7673740800b60855706871a3d30ee5f | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.b , , ) |
| 9a1cd8224b71dae733a2a95fa24d88d8 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.9a1cd822!olympus , Backdoor.Win32.Azbreg.ngb , , ) |
| a99b098e0f41fd41fda492606d8c3355 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.ag , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 15965bb88165d1eb06851d8f076130ba | 2 | 16 | Y (w32/sdbot.otr , Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab.aefe Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bqj , , ) |
| 8301d449e872c833d90660894a32edf6 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.ag , Virus.Win32.Virut.at Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e , , ) |
| d739340ac12e45ba28ead7213e72a712 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/virut.7116 , Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd , , ) |
| 1d53fb866c27a421f7557e3cda0592ac | 2 | 8 | N (, , , ) old file with low detection |
| df155696b3af7da8b18896fe6377eab6 | 1 | 0 ***NEW | Y (w32/genbl.df155696!olympus , Worm.Win32.Hamweq.ly , , ) |
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.