A Supermarket Honeypot: Virtual Grocery Store Built to Catch Fridge Hackers
moyix · x · 2026-11-11
A security team built ColdTrap, a virtual grocery store honeypot hidden on the internet, designed to lure attackers before they hit real supermarket refrigeration systems in France.\n\nThe observatory offers a visual dashboard: simulated sensors and temperatures, 30-day observations, authentication requests, suspicious activity, alerts for modified freezer temperatures, controller coverage, plus browsable evidence on traffic, origins and HTTP methods. Routine defrost cycles and scheduled temperature updates are excluded; only qualifying requests — accepted logins, traffic spikes, suspicious requests and equipment changes — raise alerts.
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