🛡️ HomeNet Honeypot

HomeNet Honeypot is a tool to help you monitor and visualize potential intrusion attempts on your home Wi-Fi network. It uses Cowrie, a medium-interaction SSH/Telnet honeypot, and visualizes attack data in a custom Flask + Chart.js web dashboard.

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🚀 Features

• 🕵️‍♂️ Emulates a fake SSH service to lure and log attackers
• 📊 Interactive dashboard displaying attack attempts by IP
• 🔍 Live logs from Cowrie rendered with real-time updates
• 🧰 Fully software-based (no Raspberry Pi needed)

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🧠 Technologies Used

• Python 3
• Cowrie Honeypot
• Flask
• Chart.js (for frontend visualizations)

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🧑‍💻 How to Set It Up

Works best on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian). For Windows, use WSL.

1. Clone the Repository

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/yourusername/homenet-honeypot.git
cd homenet-honeypot

2. Install Cowrie

cd honeypots
git clone https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie.git
cd cowrie
python3 -m venv cowrie-env
source cowrie-env/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp etc/cowrie.cfg.dist etc/cowrie.cfg

🔧 Enable JSON logging in etc/cowrie.cfg:

[output_jsonlog]
enabled = true

Start Cowrie:

bin/cowrie start

Test attack:

ssh root@localhost -p 2222

3. Set Up the Flask Dashboard

In another terminal:

cd dashboard
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install flask

Run the Flask app:

python app.py

Visit: http://localhost:5000

📸 Screenshot