OpenCanary: Multi-Service Honeypot

This book is based on real-world cybersecurity data collected through OpenCanary honeypot deployments and SSHLab Research monitoring infrastructure.

It focuses on analyzing attacker behavior observed in live environments, including scanning activity, intrusion attempts, and automated exploitation patterns across multiple network services.

This is not a guide on how to deploy or configure honeypots. Instead, it presents empirical findings derived from real adversary activity captured in operational monitoring systems.

The research in this book is based on:

• Multi-service honeypot telemetry collected via OpenCanary
• Real-world intrusion attempts across exposed services
• Network scanning and reconnaissance behavior from automated attackers
• Patterns of exploitation attempts across different protocols
• Long-term observation of malicious infrastructure activity

The goal of this book is to provide structured, evidence-based cybersecurity insights derived from real attack data rather than simulated environments.

This book is intended for cybersecurity practitioners, SOC analysts, security researchers, and technical readers working with real-world threat intelligence and attack data