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Writing and Resources
Writing, observations, and live data from a multi-protocol honeypot.
Writing and Observations
Citigroup, Idaho, and Build-A-Bear Launched a Coordinated Attack on Me
August 5, 2026
A surprising collection of institutional networks tried to relay toll-fraud calls through my honeypot in four coordinated waves. Here's how to check if any of these attacks, or others captured by this honeypot, originated on your network.
Promiscuous Hosting Services
August 30, 2026
Hosting services could easily identify botnet hosts on their own networks, but many don’t bother.
Seeing and Hearing Internet Background Radiation
Live observation
A guided look at the constant background noise reaching ordinary internet-facing services.
Knock-Knock Resources
Live Honeypot
The live dashboard showing attacks as they arrive across supported protocols.
Source Code
The open-source Knock-Knock honeypot project.
How Knock-Knock Works
A step-by-step explanation of the system and what the live dashboard is showing.
Knock-Knock API
Check whether your IPs, ranges, or ASNs appear in the honeypot data.
Blocklists
Monthly and yearly attacker-IP blocklists, plus live feed links for defensive use.