Helios honeypot network

See what attackers send your way.

Helios captures real attacker requests as they reach Synthient decoys, giving security and fraud teams a direct view into hostile infrastructure, targets, and behavior.

  1. 01Capture
  2. 02Group
  3. 03Analyze
  4. 04Attribute

How Helios groups traffic

Start with one capture, then group related traffic.

The animation shows one observed request, similar devices using the same proxy path, and the countries and providers involved. It is a visualization of Helios records.

Surfaces
4
HTTP, TLS, DNS, ADB
Delivery
NDJSON
stream + bulk feed
Attribution
proxy_ip
joins to Lookup
Access
Enterprise
scoped keys
Botnet traffic live
google.comTARGETED
One pivot

Helios captures live botnet traffic as it moves through a real proxy path.

Capture surfaces

Four protocols, one record format.

Helios captures HTTP, TLS, DNS, and Android Debug Bridge traffic. Each record keeps the timestamp, source IP, target, protocol fields, and provider attribution needed for review.

GET /api/v4/feeds/helio/http/stream

HTTP captures

Plaintext decoys capture method, path, headers, and raw request bytes.

Port
80
Protocol
http
Join key
meta.proxy_ip
ObservationNDJSON
1{
2"timestamp": 1778200137487,
3"tunnel_id": 961793813,
4"domain": "ip-api.com",
5"port": 80,
6"protocol": "http",
7"meta": {
8"proxy_ip": "195.63.23.169",
9"server": "[redacted]",
10"pool_id": "[redacted]",
11"provider": "kimwolf"
12},
13"details": {
14"method": "GET",
15"uri": "/json/?fields=61439",
16"version": "HTTP/1.1",
17"headers": {
18"User-Agent": "axios/1.16.0",
19"Host": "ip-api.com"
20}
21}
22}
common envelope

Every capture shares this envelope: when it happened, the tunnel, the impersonated host and port.

Live stream

Leverage real-time attack data.

Helios turns live attacker activity into high-confidence intelligence your team can act on immediately. See the infrastructure, provider, and target behind each capture so security workflows can move from raw signal to decisive response.

Live stream

GET /api/v4/feeds/helio/http/stream
helios/http synthient stream
synthient stream helio/http --duration 5s
✓ connectedstreaming NDJSON135 captures
{"timestamp":1778200137487,"domain":"ip-api.com","port":80,"proxy_ip":"195.63.23.169","provider":"kimwolf","pool_id":"[redacted]"}
{"timestamp":1778200138991,"domain":"www.youtube.com","port":443,"proxy_ip":"217.181.88.34","provider":"kimwolf","pool_id":"[redacted]"}
{"timestamp":1778200140233,"domain":"c2.example.com","port":53,"proxy_ip":"203.0.113.42","provider":"brightdata","pool_id":"pool-us-east"}
{"timestamp":1778200141677,"domain":"api.telegram.org","port":443,"proxy_ip":"45.95.99.226","provider":"iproyal","pool_id":"pool-sea"}
{"timestamp":1778200142844,"domain":"login.microsoftonline.com","port":443,"proxy_ip":"2.56.252.14","provider":"oxylabs","pool_id":"pool-eu"}
{"timestamp":1778200144130,"domain":"5555/adb","port":5555,"proxy_ip":"100.64.12.3","provider":"jio","pool_id":"pool-in"}
135 capture events captured in 5s

Where it goes

Each capture names its exit.

Observations are attributed to the proxy or VPN provider behind them and joined to the same provider, network, and risk fields the Lookup API returns. The proxy_ip is the join key.

Helios capture
HTTP ip-api.com
meta.proxy_ip
195.63.23.169
join
Lookup API
provider
KIMWOLF
network_type
RESIDENTIAL_PROXY
asn
AS200373
country
DE
risk_score
94
action
block

Live streams

MethodEndpoint
GET/api/v4/feeds/helio/http/stream
Live HTTP captures as NDJSON
GET/api/v4/feeds/helio/https/stream
Live TLS captures as NDJSON
GET/api/v4/feeds/helio/dns/stream
Live DNS captures as NDJSON
GET/api/v4/feeds/helio/adb/stream
Live ADB captures as NDJSON

Bulk feeds

honeypot_http
Hourly and daily HTTP capture snapshots
honeypot_https
Hourly and daily TLS capture snapshots
honeypot_dns
Hourly and daily DNS capture snapshots
honeypot_adb
Hourly and daily ADB capture snapshots

Scopes

HONEYPOT_*_STREAM
Real-time NDJSON streams, one scope per surface
HONEYPOT_*_FEED
Bulk Parquet exports, one scope per surface

Enterprise access

Put live attack telemetry in your security workflow.

Helios gives enterprise fraud, abuse, and security teams provider attribution, infrastructure context, and response-ready evidence for high-volume workflows.