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Microsoft Proposes Personal Honeypots to Fend Off Hackers
Since attackers in a network cannot always be identified immediately and hacking methods tend to evolve faster than security features do, Microsoft proposes to trap intruders even in personal networks in honeypots ............. According to the patent, which was filed in June 2008 and awarded on May 15, 2012, honeypots could be configured as bait to attract hackers and include fake data, contacts, emails and other documents. This strategy could help a network to automatically identify possible hacking activity, block access to actual data, and notify a network administrator. Since no user would actually be interested in accessing such honeypotted resources, the system could easily determine hacking activity, Microsoft said.
Since attackers in a network cannot always be identified immediately and hacking methods tend to evolve faster than security features do, Microsoft proposes to trap intruders even in personal networks in honeypots ............. According to the patent, which was filed in June 2008 and awarded on May 15, 2012, honeypots could be configured as bait to attract hackers and include fake data, contacts, emails and other documents. This strategy could help a network to automatically identify possible hacking activity, block access to actual data, and notify a network administrator. Since no user would actually be interested in accessing such honeypotted resources, the system could easily determine hacking activity, Microsoft said.
