🐝 Free Open-Source Honeypots Exposing Real Attacks Right Now 🐝

Honeypots give CISOs a unique view into attacker behavior – and the best part? Several powerful solutions are completely free and open-source. Here’s a curated list to start deploying today:

1️⃣ Cowrie – SSH and Telnet honeypot that logs brute-force attacks and shell interaction.
🔗 https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie

2️⃣ Dionaea – Captures malware targeting vulnerable services and downloads.
🔗 https://github.com/DinoTools/dionaea

3️⃣ Glastopf – Web application honeypot for detecting and logging exploit attempts.
🔗 https://github.com/mushorg/glastopf

4️⃣ Honeyd – Create virtual hosts to emulate entire networks and trap attackers.
🔗 https://github.com/DataSoft/Honeyd

5️⃣ Snort + Honeywall – IDS combined with honeypot monitoring to detect network attacks.
🔗 https://www.snort.org/

6️⃣ Conpot – ICS/SCADA honeypot to expose attacks on critical infrastructure protocols.
🔗 https://github.com/mushorg/conpot

7️⃣ Thug – Low-interaction client honeypot for tracking web-based exploits.
🔗 https://github.com/bishopfox/thug

8️⃣ Modern Honey Network (MHN) – Centralized honeypot management framework for multiple sensors.
🔗 https://github.com/pwnlandia/mhn

9️⃣ T-Pot – All-in-one honeypot platform combining multiple honeypots with dashboards.
🔗 https://github.com/dtag-dev-sec/t-pot

⚡ Deploying these allows CISOs to observe live attacks, study tactics, and improve defenses before attackers hit production systems.

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