Researchers camouflage haxxor traps with fake application traffic

  • 28 August 2014
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Comment: Honeypots are getting better and better to trap Hackers
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Honeypots sweetened to resemble actual workloads, complete with 'secure' logins
 
By Darren Pauli, 28 Aug 2014
 
Honeypots just got sweeter after researchers cooked up new digital bait designed to tempt hackers into revealing themselves by tapping into what are faked communications between an enterprise application and its users.
The idea behind the new creation is to lure seasoned bad guys into honeypots and in doing so reveal their infiltration or attempted hack of corporate networks.
 The scheme works by making honeypots emulate an active system in communication with users so that it would appear more legitimate than a simple dark and lifeless box.
Designers at the lauded Honeynet Project made the pots so convincing that text sent and received between 'users' and the boxes matched realistic typing speeds.
Those messages included fake credentials in a bid to emulate data leakage.
http://regmedia.co.uk/2014/08/28/ewdfgtr4edcv.pngBeeswarm overview
While honeypots are not as prevalent in organisations as they perhaps should be, the technique is sufficiently established that some hackers have become adept at identifying it.
The new "Beeswarm" platform released this week could help organisations tip the balance.
 
The Register/ full article here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/28/security_bods_release_free_active_deception_honeypot_network/

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