Between August 29–31, 2026, OpenCanary honeypot systems across multiple locations detected thousands of network connection attempts, including credential attacks and file sample submissions, indicating ongoing reconnaissance or brute-force activity.
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[Armada/US-East] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 28 This OpenCanary received 2 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: ► 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 : 2 file(s) https://www. virustotal.com/gui/file/3c2fe3 08c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 List of Usernames: 👤 administrator: 2 occurrence(s) List of IP Addresses: 🌐 197.255
[Armada/US-East] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 28 This OpenCanary received 27 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: ► 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 : 27 file(s) https://www. virustotal.com/gui/file/3c2fe3 08c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 List of Usernames: 👤 administrator: 7184 occurrence(s) 👤 admin: 4171 occurrence(s
[Sentinel/US-West] # opencanary analysis for yesterday Summary: 🔄 Total Connection Attempts: 48694 👤 Unique Usernames: 799 🔑 Distinct Passwords: 3233 🌐 Unique Attacker IPs: 564 Port Popularity (Port / Count): 🔐 SSH: 18061 🖥️ RDP: 15852 🖥️ VNC: 7461 🗃️ MSSQL: 4488 🗄️ SMB: 2206 💻 Telnet: 492 📂 FTP: 62 🔴 REDIS: 42 🐬 MySQL: 28 🌐 HTTP: 2 Top 10 Usernames (Username / Count): 👤 root: 3128
[Digger/CH] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 29 This OpenCanary received 1 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: ► 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 : 1 file(s) https://www. virustotal.com/gui/file/3c2fe3 08c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 List of Usernames: 👤 admin: 178 occurrence(s) 👤 administrator: 18 occurrence(s) 👤 guest
[Armada/US-East] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 29 This OpenCanary received 0 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: List of Usernames: 👤 guest: 8 occurrence(s) 👤 administrator: 2 occurrence(s) List of IP Addresses: 🌐 95.64.163.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 189.141.111.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 187.131.23.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 103.119.179.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 206.84.176.xxx: 11
[Armada/US-East] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 29 This OpenCanary received 16 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: ► 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 : 16 file(s) https://www. virustotal.com/gui/file/3c2fe3 08c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 List of Usernames: 👤 administrator: 8645 occurrence(s) 👤 admin: 4544 occurrence(s
[Digger/CH] # opencanary analysis for yesterday Summary: 🔄 Total Connection Attempts: 30683 👤 Unique Usernames: 496 🔑 Distinct Passwords: 1769 🌐 Unique Attacker IPs: 566 Port Popularity (Port / Count): 🖥️ RDP: 10750 🖥️ VNC: 8932 🔐 SSH: 6330 💻 Telnet: 2055 🗃️ MSSQL: 874 🔴 REDIS: 871 🐬 MySQL: 763 📂 FTP: 58 🗄️ SMB: 32 📡 Synology DSM: 18 Top 10 Usernames (Username / Count): 👤 root: 2734
[Sentinel/US-West] # opencanary analysis for yesterday Summary: 🔄 Total Connection Attempts: 52863 👤 Unique Usernames: 626 🔑 Distinct Passwords: 1272 🌐 Unique Attacker IPs: 533 Port Popularity (Port / Count): 🖥️ RDP: 28036 🔐 SSH: 12656 🖥️ VNC: 9581 🗄️ SMB: 1912 💻 Telnet: 509 🗃️ MSSQL: 63 📂 FTP: 53 🔴 REDIS: 37 🐬 MySQL: 15 🐙 GIT: 1 Top 10 Usernames (Username / Count): 👤 hello: 3973 👤
[Digger/CH] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 30 This OpenCanary received 3 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: ► 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 : 2 file(s) https://www. virustotal.com/gui/file/3c2fe3 08c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71 ► e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 : 1 file(s) https://www
[Armada/US-East] # opencanary Samba Access Summary for Aug 30 This OpenCanary received 0 file sample(s) yesterday. File hashes seen: List of Usernames: 👤 guest: 3 occurrence(s) 👤 administrator: 2 occurrence(s) List of IP Addresses: 🌐 186.10.23.xxx: 44 occurrence(s) 🌐 206.84.176.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 189.141.111.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 124.107.123.xxx: 22 occurrence(s) 🌐 35.216.140.xxx: 3