SSH honeypot, deployed in the wild, collecting and sharing data

A Curated List of Awesome Honeypots

This is a work-in-progress curated list of honeypots. Feel free to contact me with any suggestions.

Page last updated 13 Sep 2024.

Contents

All-in-one

  • chameleon  655   36   updated 3 days ago
    19 Customizable honeypots for monitoring network traffic, bots activities and username\password credentials (DNS, HTTP Proxy, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, POP3, IMAP, STMP, RDP, VNC, SMB, SOCKS5, Redis, TELNET, Postgres, MySQL, MSSQL, Elastic and ldap)
  • honeypot  51   3   updated 4 months ago
    Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP)
  • honeytrap  1,216   51   updated 1 week ago
    Advanced Honeypot framework.
  • tpotce  6,638   195   updated 1 day ago
    🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝
  • dionaea  700   44   updated 5 days ago
    Home of the dionaea honeypot
  • Python-Honeypot  425   24   updated 1 week ago
    OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework.
  • dshield  440   52   updated 6 days ago
    DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor

Counter-Honeypots

  • HoneypotBuster  278   24   updated 1 month ago
  • kippo_detect  55   8   updated 2 weeks ago
    Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally

Database

  • pg-server  44   7   updated 4 weeks ago
    Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot
  • MongoDB-HoneyProxy  88   8   updated 1 month ago
    A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server.
  • nosqlpot  101   15   updated 1 month ago
    The NoSQL Honeypot Framework
  • pghoney  17   2   updated 4 months ago
    Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot
  • mysql-honeypotd  30   6   updated 6 days ago
    Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C

Email

  • hermes  8   6   updated 2 years ago
    SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server
  • mailoney  249   12   updated 1 week ago
    An SMTP Honeypot

Other

  • conpot  1,224   96   updated 4 days ago
    ICS/SCADA honeypot
  • awesome-honeypots  8,432   383   updated 1 day ago
    an awesome list of honeypot resources
  • opencanary  2,276   75   updated today
    Modular and decentralised honeypot
  • bluepot  234   15   updated 1 week ago
    Bluetooth Honeypot

SSH

  • cowrie  5,106   124   updated 1 day ago
    Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://cowrie.readthedocs.io
  • kippo  1,606   84   updated 1 week ago
    Kippo - SSH Honeypot
  • SecureHoney  23   7   updated 5 months ago
    SSH honeypot written in C

Telnet

  • telnet-iot-honeypot  303   15   updated 3 weeks ago
    Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries
  • hontel  158   11   updated 2 weeks ago
    Telnet Honeypot

Web

  • honeyhttpd  42   1   updated 3 days ago
    HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services.
  • ssh-honeypot  614   29   updated 3 days ago
    Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords.
  • glastopf  550   51   updated 1 week ago
    Web Application Honeypot
  • snare  439   33   updated 2 days ago
    Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot
  • tanner  220   15   updated 2 weeks ago
    He who flays the hide
  • django-admin-honeypot  1,010   31   updated 1 day ago
    :honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page.
  • wordpot  176   11   updated 3 weeks ago
    A Wordpress Honeypot