a system designed to lure attackers towards it in order to learn about new attacks or to draw attention away from the real system
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How to set up a Virtual Machine for a Honeypot?
On this thread, it's stated that it's probably a good idea to use a VM for your honeypot. I believe this is because;
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Honeypot on home network to help me learn
I'm a pretty decent (IMO) web app penetration tester, but I'm eager to expand my knowledge of other areas of security. Given that I've just taken on something of an enhanced sysadmin role at my work, ...
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Setting up a honeypot
I have a spare computer lying around at my house, so I decided to turn it into a honeypot. So far, I have installed Windows XP (no service pack) on it and have set up rules on my router to forward ...
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How to set up a network for a honeypot?
This is a follow up for How to set up a Virtual Machine for a Honeypot?.
After setting up your Virtual Machine. You need to make sure that your network is properly configured so you don't end up ...
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Can someone get my WPA2 password with honeypots?
Yesterday I went to my cousin's home and I saw that I'm not connected to his wireless (for internet access). Then I have looked up the list of wireless points. I have found his name and clicked it ...
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Windows Honeypot user account for tracking laptop
I've been wanting to create a dummy "Honeypot" user account on my Windows 7 laptop in case of theft.
My question is: Has anyone come across useful resources and tips for doing this? Is there a way ...
