HK HoneyNet
Overview
The HK Honeynet is Hong Kong's first honeynet, designed to capture real-time cyberattack data, including malware samples and attacker behaviours. It centralises threat intelligence, processed using machine learning and trend analysis, to provide early warning and a macro view of attacks by sector.
Commercialisation opportunities
IP licensing, Technology co-development
Problem addressed
The HK Honeynet addresses the lack of shared, real-time early threat data and the absence of an HK-based early warning system for proactive cyber defence. It counters challenges like individual, proprietary threat hunting by centralising intelligence on attacks, malware samples, and attacker behaviours.
Innovation
- Decentralised Pre-processing & Edge Computing: The HK Honeynet employs decentralised pre-processing and feature extraction at honeypot edge servers.
- Automated Actionable Threat Intelligence: The platform automatically extracts actionable threat intelligence, such as bad source IPs and malware samples, directly from captured data.
- Hong Kong Cyber Attack Leading Indexes (HKCALI): This innovative output generates Hong Kong Cyber Attack Leading Indexes (HKCALI) by sector.
Key impact
- Enhanced Proactive Cyber Defence: The HK Honeynet fosters Hong Kong's cyber attack protection by providing early warning and threat prediction.
- Discovery of Zero-Day Threats: The platform facilitates the discovery of zero-day threats and previously unknown malware.
- Centralised and Scalable Threat Intelligence: It establishes Hong Kong's first Honeynet community, offering a macro view of cyber-attacks by sector.
- Fostering Cybersecurity Research and Talent Development: The HK Honeynet provides continuous, real-time threat data to universities and R&D institutes. This valuable dataset enables academic research into new cyber-attack patterns and defence mechanisms.
Award
- Hong Kong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Awards 2023 - Silver Award
- Geneva International Inventions Award 2023 – Gold Medal
- Business GoVirtual 2023 – Excellence Award
- Institute of Financial Technology of Asia (IFTA) FinTech & Innovation Awards 2023 - Platinum
- Communications Association of HK (CAHK) STAR Award 2023 - Silver Award
- APEC INPUT2 Awards 2023 － Finalist award
Application
- Proactive Cyber Defence: It provides Hong Kong with an early threat warning system and predictive insights through HK Cyber Attack Leading Indexes (HKCALI).
- Zero-Day Threat Discovery: The platform captures real-time attack information, including live threat traffic and previously unknown malware samples.
- Actionable Intelligence for Response: It automatically extracts actionable intelligence, such as bad source IPs and malware samples.
Patent
- US20240364731A1
