{"id":2002,"date":"2026-03-19T01:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/interesting-message-stored-in-cowrie-logs-wed-mar-18th\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:05:12","slug":"interesting-message-stored-in-cowrie-logs-wed-mar-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/interesting-message-stored-in-cowrie-logs-wed-mar-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Message Stored in Cowrie Logs, (Wed, Mar 18th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This activity was found and reported by BACS student Adam Thorman\u00a0as part of one of his assignments which I posted his final paper [<a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/diary\/32788\">1<\/a>] last week. This activity appeared to only have occurred on the 19 Feb 2026 where at least 2 sensors detected on the same day by DShield sensor in the cowrie logs an echo command that included: &#8220;<span style=\"font-family:Courier New,Courier,monospace;\">MAGIC_PAYLOAD_KILLER_HERE_OR_LEAVE_EMPTY_iranbot_was_here<\/span>&#8220;. My DShield sensor captured activity from source IP <a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/weblogs\/sourcedetails.html?date=2026-02-19&amp;ip=64.89.161.198\">64.89.161.198<\/a> between 30 Jan &#8211; 22 Feb 2026 that included portscans, a successful login via Telnet (TCP\/23) and web access that included all the activity listed below captured by the DShield sensor (cowrie, webhoneypot &amp; iptables logs).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/diaryimages\/images\/64_89_161_198_pic1.png\" style=\"width: 789px; height: 304px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Bot successfully logged in twice into the sensor on the 15 and 19 Feb 2026 via Telnet. The bot activity of interest was a shell script uploaded on the 19 Feb 2026 in an attempt to exploit IoTs and 64-bit Linux systems.<\/p>\n<p>Using Adam [1] grep command, I found in my logs the same script uploaded to the DShield sensor:<\/p>\n<p>ubuntu@vps-711a413c:~\/downloads$ sudo cat<span style=\"font-family:Courier New,Courier,monospace;\"> f1c0e109640d154246d27ff05074365740e994f142ef9846634bec7b18e3b715<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Script Content<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/diaryimages\/images\/64_89_161_198_pic2.png\" style=\"width: 1085px; height: 176px;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Cowrie Log<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/diaryimages\/images\/64_89_161_198_pic3.png\" style=\"width: 1342px; height: 142px;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Indicators<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>64.89.161.198<br \/>\n188.214.30.5<br \/>\nhttp[:]\/\/188.214.30.5\/r.sh<br \/>\nf1c0e109640d154246d27ff05074365740e994f142ef9846634bec7b18e3b715<\/p>\n<p>If you detected the same type of activity, we also appreciate feedback and suggestions about what tool might be used to perform these scans. Please use our <a href=\"https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/contact.html\">contact<\/a> page to provide feedback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[1] https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/diary\/32788<br \/>\n[2] https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/gui\/file\/f1c0e109640d154246d27ff05074365740e994f142ef9846634bec7b18e3b715\/detection<br \/>\n[3] https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adam-thorman\/<br \/>\n[4] https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/ipinfo\/64.89.161.198<br \/>\n[5] https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/weblogs\/sourcedetails.html?date=2026-02-19&amp;ip=64.89.161.198<br \/>\n[6] https:\/\/isc.sans.edu\/ipinfo\/188.214.30.5<br \/>\n[7] https:\/\/www.shodan.io\/host\/64.89.161.198<br \/>\n[8] https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/gui\/ip-address\/64.89.161.198\/detection<br \/>\n[9] https:\/\/github.com\/DShield-ISC\/dshield<br \/>\n[10] https:\/\/github.com\/bruneaug\/DShield-SIEM\/tree\/main<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nGuy Bruneau <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipss.ca\/\">IPSS Inc.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bruneaug\/\">My GitHub Page<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybruneau\">GuyBruneau<\/a><br \/>\ngbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu<\/p>\n<p> (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https:\/\/isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This activity was found and reported by BACS student Adam Thorman\u00a0as part of one of his assignments which I posted his final paper [1] last week. 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