Portspoof Pro - Active Deception Grid for Network Security and Threat Detection

Portspoof Pro - Active Deception Platform for Network Security
Go beyond passive honeypots

Detect them instantly. Slow down their tools. Exhaust their patience.

What is Portspoof Pro?

Portspoof Pro is an advanced active deception system designed to detect, actively slow down, and exhaust threats across your perimeter and internal networks.

By overwhelming attackers with massive, polymorphic networks of realistic hosts, we turn their offensive methodologies into a strategic disadvantage. We force them into a hostile environment where movement is painful, stealth is compromised, and automation is broken, exhausting their patience and resources while giving you early actionable telemetry in previously blind spaces.

1st Probe
Instant Detection

Across whole networks. Silent, immediate, unnoticed

~90x Slower
Measured Scan Slowdown

Benchmarked against nmap. Scans that take minutes now take days

65k+ Hosts
Deception Scale

From few hosts to entire networks. One sensor, huge deception surface

Real-time
Production-Grade Telemetry

Structured intel to your SOC. Rich JSON, SIEM-ready

One Sensor. Many Networks.

See how active deception detects lateral movement before attackers reach real assets

Without Portspoof Pro
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With Portspoof Pro
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Benefits

Shift the cost of attack. Detect early.

Network-Wide Coverage

Turn entire unused subnets, VPC ranges, and dark IP blocks into an active defense grid. A single sensor emulates thousands of IPs, transforming empty infrastructure into a high-fidelity detection surface.

Threat Intelligence

Detect threats before they've mapped your environment. Real-time behavioral profiling confirms malicious intent, then turns raw network noise into structured intelligence: tool signatures, attack techniques, and sophistication levels. Stream rich JSON events directly to your SIEM/SOAR for instant triage.

Attacker Exhaustion

Shift the advantage back to the defender. Scanners drown in thousands of polymorphic service signatures while tarpitting holds connections open. Scans that take minutes now take days. AI reconnaissance agents exhaust their context windows on fabricated data, turning their own tools against them.

Enterprise Ready

Architected for strict isolation and compliance using Micro-Segmented Deception Sensors. The deception engine operates within a hermetic network sandbox where threats are engaged and contained independently of your production workload.

Technical Details

Emulate entire networks with unique, per-host service profiles

Protocol Coverage

  • Full TCP/UDP Stack
  • Protocol Service Emulation
  • ICMP Response Handling
  • Stateful, multi-step interactions

Scan Technique Detection

  • SYN Stealth Scans
  • Connect() Scans
  • FIN/NULL/XMAS/ACK Scans
  • UDP Port Scans

Tool Fingerprinting

  • Nmap (All scan types)
  • Masscan & ZMap
  • Hping3
  • Custom Scanner Profiling

Performance & Architecture

  • Built with Rust
  • High-Concurrency Async I/O
  • Stateless, Instant Recovery
  • Can emulate 65,535 Ports/IP

Deception Engine

  • Full Subnet Emulation (65k+ Hosts)
  • Per-IP Unique Host Profiles
  • Polymorphic Service Signatures
  • Anti-Fingerprinting Diversity

Active Countermeasures

  • Socket Tarpitting (Slow Drip)
  • Attacker Socket Pool Exhaustion
  • Dynamic Session Throttling
  • Random Stream Responses
demo@attacker: ~/nmap_results
demo@attacker:~$ nmap -sV --top-ports 100 --open -Pn 10.200.1.1-10

Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org )

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.1
PORT     STATE  SERVICE       VERSION
21/tcp   open   ftp           CrushFTP (IP banned)
26/tcp   open   irc           Crackalaka ircd
111/tcp  open   shell         FreeBSD rshd
Service Info: Host: qpxyeyb.iqyswjf.org; OS: Unix

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.2
PORT       STATE  SERVICE     VERSION
548/tcp    open   afp
554/tcp    open   rtsp
2717/tcp   open   speechd     Speech Dispatcher text-to-speech
49152/tcp  open   unknown

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.3
PORT      STATE  SERVICE        VERSION
389/tcp   open   ldap
445/tcp   open   microsoft-ds
990/tcp   open   ftp-proxy     Zscaler ftp proxy
5060/tcp  open   sip

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.4
PORT       STATE  SERVICE       VERSION
139/tcp    open   netbios-ssn
1723/tcp   open   pptp
49154/tcp  open   unknown

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.5
PORT       STATE  SERVICE       VERSION
139/tcp    open   netbios-ssn
144/tcp    open   telnet        BusyBox telnetd 1.14.0
544/tcp    open   kerberos-sec  MIT Kerberos
1755/tcp   open   nbd           Network Block Device 2.9.17
49152/tcp  open   smux          Linux SNMP multiplexer
Service Info: OS: Linux

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.6
PORT      STATE  SERVICE    VERSION
990/tcp   open   hylafax   HylaFAX 4.2.0
5000/tcp  open   upnp      Pelco Spectra Mini IP webcam
Service Info: Device: webcam; OS: Linux

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.7
PORT       STATE  SERVICE     VERSION
22/tcp     open   ssh        Neteyes C Series load balancer sshd
389/tcp    open   ldap       Cisco LDAP server
1433/tcp   open   ms-sql-s
1723/tcp   open   uucp       Taylor uucpd
10000/tcp  open   ndmp       BlueArc ndmp (NDMPv4)
Service Info: Device: load balancer

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.8
PORT      STATE  SERVICE        VERSION
1720/tcp  open   h323q931
5666/tcp  open   daytime       American Dynamics EDVR security camera
Service Info: Device: webcam

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.9
PORT      STATE  SERVICE        VERSION
13/tcp    open   daytime       Tardis 2000 daytime
88/tcp    open   kerberos-sec
3128/tcp  open   squid-http
6000/tcp  open   X11

Nmap scan report for 10.200.1.10
PORT       STATE  SERVICE     VERSION
23/tcp     open   telnet     Avaya Call Manager telnetd
993/tcp    open   imap       eXtremail IMAP server
32768/tcp  open   thinprint  ThinPrint print server
Service Info: Devices: PBX, print server

Nmap done: 10 IP addresses (10 hosts up) scanned in 219.37 seconds

Real nmap scan: 10 hosts, each with unique polymorphic service signatures. See more demos

Enterprise-Grade Integrations

Production telemetry flowing to your existing security stack

Deploys natively across major cloud platforms

Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud Platform

Also integrates with Splunk, QRadar, ArcSight, Syslog/CEF, and SOAR platforms

Compliance & Frameworks

Supports ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, NIS2, and DORA requirements

NIS2 Article 21

Requires network monitoring and detection capabilities with prompt detection of anomalous activities and continuous ICT risk monitoring.

Portspoof Pro provides continuous session-based reconnaissance detection with detailed incident timelines for threat analysis and incident documentation.

DORA Article 10

Requires detection of anomalous network activity and ICT-related incidents with mechanisms to promptly identify unusual patterns and potential threats.

Portspoof Pro delivers behavioral profiling that identifies stealth reconnaissance, mass scanning campaigns, and unknown device probing patterns.

ISO 27001 A.8.20

Requires defense against port scanning and reconnaissance attacks including network monitoring and logging to detect scanning activities.

Portspoof Pro detects SYN, FIN, NULL, XMAS, and ACK scan techniques and fingerprints common scanning tools.

NIST CSF DE.CM-01

Requires networks and network services be monitored to find potentially adverse events including reconnaissance activities and anomalous behavior.

Portspoof Pro provides MITRE ATT&CK technique mapping with behavioral threat intelligence for adverse event detection.

CIS Control 13

Requires deployment of network monitoring and defense capabilities to detect scanning or probing of systems accessible to networks.

Portspoof Pro provides out-of-band reconnaissance detection that operates independently of production traffic, eliminating the need for extensive baseline learning periods.

Logging Standards

ISO 27002 Section 8.15 and NIST SP 800-92 require security event logging with sufficient detail for incident analysis and compliance audits.

Portspoof Pro generates structured JSON security events with session forensics, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and SIEM integration for compliant log management workflows.

Ready to Transform Dark IP Space Into Defense?

Turn dark IP space into a strategic asset. Detect attackers before they breach.

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