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Honeytokens offer new defense against long-dwell time cloud breaches

Modern cyberattacks often involve attackers using legitimate tools and credentials, making traditional security systems like SIEM and EDR ineffective. This 'living-off-the-land' technique allows attackers to remain undetected for extended periods, with the average cloud breach dwell time now at 26 days. A novel approach involves using honeytokens, which are fake credentials planted in an environment; if these tokens are accessed, it triggers an immediate and unambiguous alert, allowing for rapid incident response before significant damage occurs. AI

IMPACT Honeytokens offer a novel detection method for sophisticated 'living-off-the-land' attacks, potentially reducing breach dwell times and improving incident response.

RANK_REASON The article describes a specific security product/technique (honeytokens) and its application, rather than a new model release or major industry shift.

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Honeytokens offer new defense against long-dwell time cloud breaches

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Dishanth ·

    You've Been Breached for 3 Weeks. Your SIEM Has No Idea.

    <p>The attacker was already inside when the Monday standup happened.</p> <p>They were there during the Thursday all-hands. They watched the Slack messages. They enumerated the S3 buckets while the security team reviewed last week's alert queue.</p> <p>Twenty-six days. Average clo…