A honeypot check is a tool that alerts you to potential attacks on your crypto assets. It is especially useful for detecting lateral movement within your environment that could be originating from bad actors who have gained access to a company’s sensitive data.
The basic concept of a honeypot is a system designed to mimic a real computer network to lure hackers into a trap where they can be detected and identified. This allows administrators to get a close look at attacker behavior and learn how to better protect systems against them in the future.
When an attacker attempts to gain entry into a network via a security hole or a misconfigured device, they will often trigger the honeypot to trap them. Ideally, the attack will be detected and stopped before any actual sensitive data is exfiltrated from your organization’s systems. This helps to minimize the damage caused by an attack and can provide you with important intelligence on attacker tools, tactics and procedures (TTPs) without putting your real production systems at risk.
Depending on the type of network honeypot deployed, it can be easy or difficult to hack into. If it is too easy, the attacker will quickly lose interest and realize that they are not dealing with a real production system. However, if the honeypot is too hard to hack, it will be difficult for you to catch any attackers or gather valuable intelligence. Providing a level of difficulty between these two extremes is the best approach to simulating a real system.
A typical network honeypot consists of a collection of decoy servers that emulate the functions of your real systems and attract attackers by offering tempting lures. These decoy systems can include email servers, web applications, SQL databases, POS terminals and even IoT devices. Power companies can deploy a database honeypot to imitate their critical plants, while banks can use one to simulate real ATMs.
Some types of honeypots collect information from the attackers who have been lured into them and analyze the data to gain insights on attacks in the wild. This can help you determine common vulnerabilities, malware strains and attack patterns. Research honeypots can also be used to develop prevention techniques for networks that have been breached. Know more about honeypot check now!
Other types of honeypots are used to detect lateral movement in your environment. These can be production or research honeypots and are used to monitor for activity indicating that an attacker has penetrated the network and is moving around your environments. These honeypots can fill in the gaps in detection that are common in identifying network scans, lateral movement and compromising your actual sensitive data. The Varonis Data Security Platform offers an alert that can be configured to detect any activity in your honeypots. This will allow you to quickly alert your Incident Response team and take the proper actions to prevent a serious incident. Get started with a free account today!