Patent ID: 9009829
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing trap-based defenses, the method comprising: generating, using a hardware processor, decoy information based at least in part on actual information in a computing environment, wherein the decoy information is generated to comply with one or more document properties and wherein the decoy information is contained in a decoy document; embedding, using the hardware processor, a beacon that includes code into the decoy document; inserting, using the hardware processor, the decoy document with the embedded beacon into the computing environment; causing the code embedded within the beacon to be executed; and causing the executed code to transmit a signal to a remote server in response to detecting that an attacker has accessed the decoy information, wherein the signal provides a first indication that the decoy information has been accessed by the attacker, and wherein the embedded beacon provides a second indication that differentiates between the decoy information and the actual information.