Honeypot Project

A simple honeypot implementation to capture and monitor malicious activity. This project uses Flask to create a vulnerable web application and sets up an SSH service for attackers to interact with. It includes logging and monitoring scripts to track and analyze the activity.

Project Ongoing...⌛

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Setup
• Usage
• Monitoring
• Notes
• License

Features

• Flask-based vulnerable web application
• SSH service configured with weak credentials
• Logging of commands executed via the web application
• Real-time monitoring of honeypot logs
• More features coming soon...⌛

0. Pre Setup

   Create a new user on your system for making that account as the Honeypot.

   sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash vulnerableuser # change vulnerable user to your desired username sudo passwd vulnerableuser # Set a weak password like 'password123 or admin or root'

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/whxitte/Honeypot.git
   cd Honeypot
   

2. Create and activate a Python virtual environment:

   python -m venv honeypot-env
   source honeypot-env/bin/activate  # For Windows use `honeypot-env\Scripts\activate`
   

3. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Install and configure SSH:

   sudo apt-get install openssh-server
   sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
   

   Edit the SSH configuration file (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) to allow password authentication. Add or modify the following lines:

   PermitRootLogin yes
   PasswordAuthentication yes
   PermitEmptyPasswords yes  # Optional, but increases vulnerability
   

   Restart the SSH service:

   sudo systemctl restart ssh
   

Setup

1. Run the Flask application and SSH service:

   sudo su
   ./run_honeypot.sh
   

2. Monitor logs in real-time:

   >> tail -f /var/log/auth.log  # For SSH logs
   or
   >> sudo journalctl -u ssh -f (if above command for ssh not works)
   or check ssh log in your system / monitor it live 
   
   >> tail -f /var/log/honeypot.log  # For Flask app logs
   

Usage

• Access the vulnerable web application at http://localhost

• Use the /vulnerable endpoint to execute commands. For example:

  http://localhost/vulnerable?cmd=ls
  

• The output of commands and any errors will be logged in /var/log/honeypot.log.

Monitoring

To monitor the honeypot activity, you can use the monitor_honeypot.py script:

```bash
python monitor_honeypot.py
```

This script will print new log entries in a formatted table in real-time.

Notes

• Make sure to adjust permissions and configurations based on your security needs.
• This setup is intentionally vulnerable for educational purposes and should not be used in a production environment.