First published: 31st October 2013
This is the twenty-first 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.
Average Time To Infect: 45 hours
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 : 16
- 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.
| 5 | United States |
| 3 | Pakistan |
| 2 | South Korea |
| 1 | Brazil |
| 1 | China |
| 1 | Denmark |
| 1 | India |
| 1 | Japan |
| 1 | Switzerland |
Malware
| Checksum (md5) | This month | Previous count | Detection* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3875b6257d4d21d51ec13247ee4c1cdb | 2 | 53 | Y W32Rbot!I2663.exe ,Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bni ,W32/Malware!44f4 W32/Sdbot.AEFV , |
| 0f51974913a4f5be110ab1069c93e13f | 2 | 0 *** NEW | Y Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd ,w32/virut.ag , |
| d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e | 1 | 14 | N ,,, invalid file download interrupted. |
| 0e2f2731b85c5371466ed04aba18127b | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic ,w32/ceg.a , |
| b0ad1e3989d4b080d79014789809e97f | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y net-worm.win32.allaple.e ,w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , |
| c8a08205dacb271dddebf9ed0e9f775a | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y net-worm.win32.allaple.b ,w32/rahack.a.gen!eldorado , |
| eb5acf217ed919dfcd7bb5a8d90fe280 | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y net-worm.win32.allaple.e ,w32/emailworm.hqk , |
| 50631acf7cd8f79cd8f9b62feb5ea7c5 | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd ,w32/virut.7116 , |
| 57e6d8bed32bfa4a775045fe8363ddec | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y net-worm.win32.allaple.b ,w32/allaple.c , |
| 74473505ef968e2f8cd764d9af12adb2 | 1 | X | Y Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e ,W32/Allaple.H , |
| a650c67e14cfb27879999036741478d5 | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y backdoor.win32.ircbot.jwy ,w32/backdoor2.dstk , |
| 094e157abbf4858fa343a41021c2de1d | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y Net-Worm.Win32.Allaple.e ,w32/emailworm.hqk , |
| 117b19c5fc5fc6fcee86d0d9901aa5c9 | 1 | 0 *** NEW | N ,,, new file, no details available |
| 37e6f78986dd46c92d06195334c32b24 | 1 | 0 *** NEW | Y Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.adqd ,w32/virut.ag , |
Notes:
The parameter 'Detection' here relates to whether one or more scanners was able to associate a name with this checksum.
Where an X is shown under Previous, the file has been seen before in this honeypot but the relevant logs are not available