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121.128.162.194

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

Verdict

S4successful_intrusionConfidence 97%Escalate: yes

Reasoning

The session includes a successful SSH login using root/admin after one failed attempt. Per rubric, any successful login constitutes a foothold even if no post-login commands, downloads, or uploads were observed. Retrieved session commands confirm there was no further activity, so this is a foothold without evidence of malware delivery or persistence.

Recommended action

Escalate as a confirmed honeypot compromise; retain session artifacts, block or monitor the source IP, and review for related successful logins using the same credentials pattern.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-5.4
Escalated to strong model
yes
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
4,661
Output tokens
254
Cost
$0.006015
Latency
7,023 ms
Verdict at
2026-11-10 10:48:51Z

Tool trace

  1. 0. get_session_commands· 0 ms

    Arguments
    {
  "session_id": "b44f985e3820"
}
    Result
    {
  "commands": [],
  "downloads": [],
  "session_id": "b44f985e3820",
  "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": "121.128.162.194",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 121.128.162.194:41144 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: b44f985e3820]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "b44f985e3820",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41144,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:48:39.446074Z",
      "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": "121.128.162.194",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.11.1",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "b44f985e3820",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.11.1",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41144,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:48:39.446343Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes256-cbc",
        "rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se",
        "aes192-cbc",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "blowfish-cbc",
        "arcfour128",
        "arcfour",
        "cast128-cbc",
        "3des-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "f45fb203c31069bb280067b71ed92ccb",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha1-96",
        "hmac-md5",
        "hmac-md5-96",
        "hmac-ripemd160",
        "hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "121.128.162.194",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group16-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group18-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1",
        "ext-info-c",
        "kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "rsa-sha2-256",
        "rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: f45fb203c31069bb280067b71ed92ccb",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "b44f985e3820",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41144,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:48:39.636569Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,ext-info-c,kex-strict-c-v00@openssh.com;chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,blowfish-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour,cast128-cbc,3des-cbc;hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5,hmac-md5-96,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com;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": "121.128.162.194",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.failed",
      "message": "login attempt [root/root] failed",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "b44f985e3820",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "root",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41144,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:48:42.646445Z",
      "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": "121.128.162.194",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.success",
      "message": "login attempt [root/admin] succeeded",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "b44f985e3820",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": "admin",
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41144,
      "username": "root",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:48:43.839825Z",
      "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": "121.128.162.194",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 11931 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "b44f985e3820",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 41144,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:48:51.376967Z",
      "duration_ms": 11931
    }
  ],
  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "121.128.162.194",
  "session_id": "b44f985e3820"
}