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Last updated: April 29, 2026
Deception is high-fidelity threat detection: legitimate users don’t touch decoys, so any touch = malicious.
Deception is high-fidelity threat detection: legitimate users don’t touch decoys, so any touch = malicious.
Three patterns
- Honeypots — fake systems (servers, databases). Real protocol; fake content. T-Pot, Cowrie.
- Honeytokens — fake credentials, fake API keys. Trigger alert on use.
- Canary tokens — Thinkst Canary; lightweight tokens that fire on access.
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