How to catch a hacker

This is how to catch a hacker. So tokens. Canarytokens.com and what a canary token is. Is a fake piece of information or data that looks really sensitive, things such as AWS keys, maybe a specific Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word file, you can even do credit card information. So what you can do is create a token for the specific resource you're looking for. So you go create Canary token. Then what it's going to do then is create a fake actual piece of information here that would work. Placed on your computer and left. And attacker access PC. This information, this credit card information. So anytime you used it, so if you do test credit card and we go pay $100. What this would do now is allow us to know that token and used. And look, this is what it would look like. This is showing what transaction attempted. It through the time happened. Idea is you can understand external or insider network your looking tokens, Windows file systems, which alerts you breach token notification fired, proving fast and detection. Also deception. And on traditional defenses. Set up fake credentials, dummy API keys, passwords as silent tripwires in a test environment. Any access is instant red flag of compromise, whether external attacker or insider threat. Used realistic-looking tokens creating fake Windows file systems, monitored Thinkst tokens which generated email alerts for detection. Simulated a breach, grabbed a token, immediate notification fired, proving fast early warning detection. Learned deception tech gives near-zero false positives and low effort for high-value visibility, great add-on to traditional defenses.