metatrapd - Metadata and honeypots

Using a honeypot/honeyservice/honeytoken is one of the simplest and most impactful security actions one can take. Thinkst Canary has proven this over a number of years and continues to lead the field. Taking inspiration from what Thinkst has done and combining this with their idea of “honey tokens” for cloud services, I wrote metatrapd a couple of years back. Finally I’m making this public, maybe it will be useful to someone....

January 4, 2024 · 3 min · 516 words · Etienne Stalmans