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DEFAULT BEHAVIOR STICKS - AND SO DO EXAMPLES

blog.thinkst.com6 min read

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Canarytokens is a security company that helps customers detect intrusions by using Canarytokens: decoys that are placed on a customer's network or systems. It recently realized that some of its customers, due to an example in its documentation, were using the same custom domain for their Canarytokens. This made the Canarytokens more identifiable because attackers could simply look for domains that matched the custom domain. To address this, Canarytokens will now show multiple examples of custom domains to its customers. This will make it more likely that customers will choose a unique custom domain for their Canarytokens, which will make them more difficult for attackers to identify.