Honeypots are hardware or software specifically deployed by security departments for threat research.
— A honeypot serves as a decoy to gather information about an attacker and protect the actual target system—this principle was also the basis of the first Deception technologies.
Article Contents:
⏺What are Honeypots?
⏺Honeypot Classification
— By Interaction Level:
• Low-Interaction Honeypots
• Medium-Interaction Honeypots
• High-Interaction Honeypots
• Pure Honeypots
— By Deployment:
• Production Honeypots
• Research Honeypots
— By Deception Technology:
• Malware Honeypots
• Email Honeypots
• Database Honeypots
• Spider Honeypots
• Spam Honeypots
• Honeynets
⏺Honeypot Installation and Operation
— Windows: HoneyBOT
— Android: HosTaGe
— Linux: Pentbox