Fake Data - a security tactic

emmjay · Nov 20, 2017

Hackers manipulating data rather than selling stolen data (as is) is something that needs to be looked at more seriously.

One of the easiest ways for organizations to defend against hackers is to beat them at their own game. When infiltrators can’t tell what data is real, they won’t know what actually might be of value. Emmanuel Macron’s French presidential campaign, for instance, purportedly distracted hackers with fake data, which limited the effectiveness of campaign hacks as a result.
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https://qz.com/1130434/the-dangerous-data-hack-that-you-wont-even-notice/

When a hacker’s goal is to leak stolen information or hold data for ransom, their success depends on their ability to prove the information they hold is real. But with data manipulation, the goal is to call the underlying information into question. And uncertainty is its own weapon.
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I have my doubts that Corporations and Government have the wherewithal to implement this foil.

Minimalist · Sep 14, 2018

Preventing exfiltration of sensitive docs by flooding systems with hard-to-detect fakes

A group of researchers from Queen’s University (Canada) have proposed a new approach for keeping important documents safe: creating so many believable fakes that attackers are forced either to exfiltrate them all or to try to find the real one from within the system. Of course, both actions carry an increased risk of detection.
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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/09/14/preventing-exfiltration/

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