HoneyTrack: An improved honeypot

Atharva Auti, Shrawani Pagar, Vivek Mishra, Jay Makwana, Shwetambari Borade · 2023

With the tremendous growth of cyber-attacks, the loss of private or sensitive data has risen to a peak. Honeypots are one of the most concerned topics in the field of cyber security currently. HoneyTrack is a honeypot that uses various technologies like Docker, Shell Scripts, Python, Elastic Search, Kibana, and Filebeats which protect an organization's database as well it backtracks the hacker when it intrudes the target network. Information about the attacker will be gathered by the bot in the honeypot which will help us reach the roots of the attacker. The target networks could be varied and cause a lot of damage when sensitive data will be lost/stolen. However, this honeypot is like a traditional honeypot but quite updated with new-generation technology and their needs related to cyber-security.

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