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Leaking your AWS API keys, on purpose? [Research Saturday]

CyberWire Daily

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Lessons in Security and Canary Tokens

The chapter explores a cautionary tale of an intern who inadvertently exposed hardcoded login credentials on GitHub, leading to unauthorized login attempts. It discusses the use of Canary Tokens, miniature honeypots, to monitor and detect potential threats. The speaker recounts an experiment involving intentionally leaked AWS API keys to analyze responses from different automated processes and security services.

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