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How to Comprehend the Buzz About Honeypots

Dark Reading

Honeypots are crucial tools for security researchers and security teams. Understanding what they are and what they can do can be critical for making them safe and useful for your organization.

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Hiding Devices Using Port Knocking or Single-Packet Authorization (SPA)

eSecurity Planet

Here we’ll discuss how port knocking and SPA work, best use cases, and how to use them. For example, in addition to implementing SPA on a sheriff department’s evidence server, we can add a honeypot named “evidence server.”. The typical attack scan will miss the hidden server and lead to a focus on the honeypot.

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How Cybercriminals are Targeting free Wi-Fi Users?

Security Affairs

Fake Honeypots. The fake honeypots are quite similar to the fake Wi-Fi access points, but the only difference is that the honeypot is set in a more sophisticated manner. It is certain that one of these is a honeypot which is there to capture users’ data and use their sensitive information in the wrong way.

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Threat Group TeamTNT Returns with New Cloud Attacks

eSecurity Planet

However, the researchers are convinced the threat actor is back, as their honeypots identified TeamTNT signatures and tools in a series of three attacks during the first week of September. How to Protect Against Cloud, Container Threats. Read next: How to Control API Security Risks. TeamTNT Kangaroo attack.

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MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

The Last Watchdog

To demonstrate this, Trend Micro set up a honeypot, imitating an industrial factory, to see how quickly and often it would get attacked. A small number of savvier attackers have discovered how to navigate factory controllers and the different protocols and components contained within them. of weaknesses we know about already. •A

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Win the connected and autonomous car race while protecting data privacy

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

This honeypot of information puts manufacturers at major risk from cyber attacks. In our latest eBook Win the connected and autonomous car race while protecting data privacy and intellectual property , we describe how Thales can help automotive manufacturers accelerate digital transformation by reducing risk, complexity, and cost.

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Vulnerability Recap 4/15/24 – Palo Alto, Microsoft, Ivanti Exploits

eSecurity Planet

Check out our article on SaaS security checklist and learn how to create one. However, it’s unknown how many of them are legitimate Ivanti VPNs and how many are honeypots. Employ robust password management techniques, two-factor authentication (2FA), and regular backups of essential data.