The Honeypot Project

Overview
The Honeynet Project is a leading international, non-profit security research organization, dedicated to investigating the latest attacks and developing open source security tools to improve Internet security. With Chapters around the world, its volunteers contribute to the fight again malware (such as Confickr), discovering new attacks and creating security tools used by businesses and government agencies all over the world. The organization is on the cutting edge of security research by working to analyze the latest attacks and educating the public about threats to information systems around the world.

Founded in 1999, The Honeynet Project has contributed to fight against malware and malicious hacking attacks and has the leading security professional among members and alumni.