🛡️ Why Honeypots?

In the cyber wilderness, honeypots act like bait for hackers! 🎣

🔍 Spot the Sneaky Ones: Honeypots help us identify and study potential cyber threats by luring in attackers.

💻 Learn and Adapt: They provide insights into attack methods, helping us fortify our defences.

🚨 Early Warning System: Like a canary in a coal mine, honeypots alert us to malicious activity, allowing swift countermeasures.

🛡️ Prevention through Simulation: By mimicking real systems, honeypots help us understand and thwart attacks before they reach critical assets.

✨🌐 Features:

Explore the magic of our VMware Honeypot, crafted to empower your cybersecurity arsenal with enchanting capabilities:

1. 🖥️ Realistic Interface: Witness a user interface inspired by the vSphere Web Client, offering a convincing environment for potential attackers.
   
2. 🤝 Basic Interaction: Engage with users through simulated endpoints, capturing minimal data such as IP addresses and timestamps.
   
3. 🐍 Flask Python Backend: Powered by Flask, the Python web framework, our honeypot’s backend gracefully simulates basic endpoints.
   
4. 🛡️ Security Measures: Designed with isolation and monitoring to prevent potential risks, your VMware Honeypot acts as a fortress against cyber threats.
   
5. 📊 Analysis and Reporting: Harness the power of collected data for periodic analysis, gaining basic insights into emerging attack methods.

Prerequisites:

1. 💻 Operating System: Ensure you have a server or desktop (Windows/Linux) ready to host your cybersecurity tool.
   
2. 🖥️ Web Dev Basics: Brush up on fundamental web development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for a seamless setup experience.
   
3. 🐍 Flask Framework: Have Flask, the Python web framework, installed on your system.

In this tutorial, we will be demonstrating the setup of our flask application on Windows.

Setup Steps:

1. 🌀Clone the Repository:
   • Start by cloning our GitHub repository containing the VMware Honeypot code.
     
2. ⚙️Install the required dependencies:
   cd VMWare_honeypot
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   
3. ⚙️Configure Flask Backend:
   • Install Flask and other required dependencies using: pip install flask
     
4. Run the Honeypot:
   • Navigate to the project directory: cd VMWare_honeypot
   • Run the honeypot: python vmware.py

YouTube Tutorial:

🚀Usage:

🔍 Once executed, ensure the server is running. Visit http://localhost:5000 – you will be redirected to the dummy VMWare Sphere single sign-on page /ui/.

Here, when somebody attempts to log in, a message will be logged into honeypot.log with relevant information. Monitor log-in attempts here!🖥️

📊Analysis:

• Periodically review the honeypot.log file for insights into potential attack methods.
• Analyze IP addresses, timestamps, and any captured data to understand trends.

🙌Credits:

We appreciate the community support for feedback and improvement. Feel free to share your thoughts on our GitHub repository.

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