By RecOsint | Dec 4, 2025
You hacked the bank... or did you? Imagine a hacker finds an open server labeled "Secret Passwords". They enter, steal the files, and leave. They celebrate. But they don't know that the server was fake.Every keystroke they made was recorded.
A Honeypot is a Decoy System. It looks like a real computer, database, or network, but it contains Fake Data. – Purpose: It has no real value. Its only job is to sit there and wait to be attacked.
Why invite hackers in? To study them. Just like scientists study viruses in a lab, security teams use Honeypots to see: – Where the hacker is from (IP Address). – What tools they are using. – How they break in.
You can use a mini-honeypot too. Canary Tokens are fake files (PDFs/Word docs). – The Trap: You name a file passwords.docx and leave it on your desktop. – The Alert: If a hacker (or snooping coworker) opens it, you get an email alert instantly telling you who opened it.
Firewalls aren't enough. We need traps. – Rule: If you see a file that looks "Too good to be true" (like Bitcoin_Keys.txt), don't touch it. It might be a Honeypot.