What is a “honeypot” in the context of cybersecurity? The term first appeared in the 1980s and 1990s, when it was used to describe precisely that, a honey trap that lured in unsuspecting hackers, putting them on the back foot. Clifford Stoll’s 1989 book The Cuckoo’s Egg is the first official documentation of a honeypot in the cyber world. Stoll tells the story of using what he called a “honeypot” to find a German hacker who had infiltrated U.S. military computers. Now the term is used in cybe
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The cybersecurity community recently received an urgent signal from Darktrace's research team about a sophisticated intrusion campaign linked to Salt Typhoon, a persistent threat actor with ties to China. The core of this campaign: the exploitation of a critical vulnerability in the Citrix NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix ADC/Gateway). This is not just another vulnerability report; it is a live-fire case study highlighting the strategic importance of patching perimeter devices and the necess
