pwnSpoof (from Punk Security) generates realistic spoofed log files for common web servers with customisable attack scenarios.
Every log bundle is unique and completely customisable, making it perfect for generating CTF scenarios and for training serials.
Can you find the attacker session and build the incident picture?
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About The Project
pwnSpoof was created on the back of a threat hunting training exercise Punk Security delivered for a customer. The training exercise was to use a log analytic tool such as Splunk (other log analysing tools are available) and IIS logs to find login brute-force attacks and command injections.
The idea behind the pwnSpoof application is to;
- Provide a quick CTF style training environment
- Create unique logs every run
- Test threat hunting in IIS, Apache and NGINX logs
Once you have created a set of logs, the idea is to load them in to Splunk and use various techniques to answer the following questions;
- What was the attackers IP address and user_agent?
- Did the attacker authenticate and if so, with what account?
- Where was geo-location of the attacker?
- When did the attack occur?
- What kind of attack was it?
- What happened during the attack?
- What artifacts may remain on the server?
- What steps can be taken to remediate?
Getting Started
The following will explain how to get started with pwnSpoof
Prerequisites
pwnSpoof is written in python and is tested with python3. No extra modules are needed, we only use the standard library.
If you get the following error message, please specifiy python3 when running pwnSpoof. Python2 is not supported.
File "pwnspoof.py", line 176
print("{:6.2f}% ".format(y * x), end="\r", flush=True)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Installation
- Git clone the pwnSpoof repo
git clone https://github.com/punk-security/pwnspoof
- change directory to pwnSpoof
cd pwnspoof
- Run pwnSpoof
python pwnspoof.py --help
Usage
Switches
positional arguments:
{banking,wordpress,generic}
App to emulate
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--out OUT Output file (default: pwnspoof.log)
--iocs Do you want to know the attackers iocs for easier searching? (default: False)
log generator settings:
--log-start-date LOG_START_DATE
Initial start of logs, in the format YYYYMMDD i.e. "20210727"
--log-end-date LOG_END_DATE
End date for logs, in the format YYYYMMDD i.e. "20210727"
--session-count SESSION_COUNT
Number of legitimate sessions to spoof (default: 2000)
--max-sessions-per-user MAX_SESSIONS_PER_USER
Max number of legitimate sessions per user (default: 3)
--server-fqdn SERVER_FQDN
Override the emulated web apps default fqdn
--server-ip SERVER_IP
Override the emulated web apps randomised IP
--server-type {IIS,NGINX,CLF}
Server to spoof (default: IIS)
--uri-file URI_FILE File containing web uris to override defaults, do not include extensions
--noise-file NOISE_FILE
File containing noise uris to override defaults, include extensions
attack settings:
--spoofed-attacks SPOOFED_ATTACKS
Number of attacker sequences to spoof (default: 1)
--attack-type {bruteforce,command_injection}
Number of attacker sequences to spoof (default: bruteforce)
--attacker-geo ATTACKER_GEO
Set the attackers geo by 2 letter region. Use RD for random (default: RD)
--attacker-user-agent ATTACKER_USER_AGENT
Set the attackers user-agent. Use RD for random (default: RD)
Examples
The following example will create a set of IIS logs for bruteforce against pwnedbank.co.uk.
python pwnspoof.py banking --server-fqdn pwnedbank.co.uk --attack-type bruteforce --server-type IIS --out iis-output.log
The following example will create a set of NGINX logs for command_injection against pwnedbank.co.uk.
python pwnspoof.py banking --server-fqdn pwnedbank.co.uk --attack-type command_injection --server-type NGINX
The following example will create a set of logs with 5000 routine sessions and 3 attack sessions
python pwnspoof.py banking --session-count 5000 --spoofed-attacks 3
The following example will create a set of logs and output the attackers IP addresses
python pwnspoof.py banking --spoofed-attacks 3 --iocs
Demo
Road Map
pwnSpoof is built to produce to authentic web attack logs and it does this really well. Right now we are focused on refactoring the code, building out our testing suite and getting the first push to PyPi but we have huge ambitions for pwnSpoof.
Coming soon
Adding extra webapps beyond banking to provide extra variety to the logs
- Social media
- Wordpress
- E-Commerce
Adding additional and more dynamic web attacks
- Full OWASP TOP 10
- Customisable payload encoding
- Multi-session attacks
- Obfuscation
Unscheduled aspirations
Training Videos!
pwnSpoof was built to be a great tool for training the blue team so it only makes sense to produce some training materials to show it off.
- How to ingest logs in to various log analyser (Splunk, Elastic, Open Disto, Sentinel)
- How to use the power of REGEX to pivot around the data
Not just weblogs
We would love to see pwnSpoof generating all kinds of threat hunting logs such as Office365 audit logs for Sharepoint, Onedrive and AzureAD
Blackhat Arsenal
We have submitted pwnSpoof to Blackhat Arsenal for consideration and it would be AWESOME to demo it at Blackhat London this year (2021).
Why not contact us with some extra ideas, or add to the project
Contact
- Simon Gurney - simon.gurney@punksecurity.co.uk
- Daniel Oates-Lee - daniel.oates-lee@punksecurity.co.uk
Credit
- ip2location : We make use of the IP2Location LITE Country database to provide geographically relevant IP addresses.
This product includes IP2Location LITE data available from https://lite.ip2location.com