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109.160.32.78

Sensor
hp-use-01
Source
cowrie
Status
triaged
Event time
Received

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 98%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

A successful SSH login occurred for user root, which constitutes a foothold on the honeypot and meets severity 4 by rubric. Retrieved session commands show no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads, so there is no evidence of malware delivery or persistence activity. The short session appears limited to authentication success without further interaction.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed successful intrusion on the honeypot; retain session artifacts, review source IP for related activity, and continue monitoring for repeat access or follow-on payload delivery.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,637
Output tokens
260
Cost
$0.006054
Latency
3,634 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-22 00:18:04Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "fbaa4be890e8"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "fbaa4be890e8",
  "command_count": 0,
  "download_count": 0,
  "clipped_commands": 0,
  "commands_truncated": false,
  "downloads_truncated": false
}
Raw session JSON
{
  "events": [
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.160.32.78",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 109.160.32.78:44720 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: fbaa4be890e8]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "fbaa4be890e8",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 44720,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-22T00:17:57.804048Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.160.32.78",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-Go",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "fbaa4be890e8",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-Go",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 44720,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-22T00:17:58.859215Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-gcm@openssh.com",
        "aes256-gcm@openssh.com",
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr"
      ],
      "hassh": "0a07365cc01fa9fc82608ba4019af499",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-96"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.160.32.78",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256",
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "ext-info-c",
        "kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "rsa-sha2-256",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss",
        "ssh-ed25519"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 0a07365cc01fa9fc82608ba4019af499",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "fbaa4be890e8",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 44720,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-22T00:17:58.859670Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,ext-info-c,kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com;aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr;hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96;none"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.160.32.78",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/******] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "fbaa4be890e8",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "******",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 44720,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-22T00:18:01.040286Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "109.160.32.78",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 5801 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "fbaa4be890e8",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 44720,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-22T00:18:03.605088Z",
      "duration_ms": 5801
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "109.160.32.78",
  "session_id": "fbaa4be890e8"
}