Are you concerned about hackers gaining access to valuable information in your computer, email, or cloud storage drive? Me too and you and I are not alone.
We are living in an age where digital theft is becoming a daily occurrence, and it can not only be stressful for us, it can also be damaging to your finances, reputation, and general well-being.
It is time that we start formulating a plan on how to protect ourselves from our adversaries! These adversaries could be nation states, low-level script-kiddie hackers, an ex-partner, a colleague, or even just some random person that finds your flash drive on the ground that fell out of your pocket!
This is my first post that will give you a simple early warning tool that should help let you know if your system is compromised. We are basically, going to set a trap for the hacker, and when they trip it, you'll get a warning.
This one is so simple, anyone can do it. All you need is an internet connection. These traps can, and should, be placed everywhere! Have a few sprinkled on each computer, your smartphone, your email, your digital drive, your flash drive, basically anywhere a hacker or other adversary may want access to.
If you want a bit of extra security and a second warning, for the link for the drive in the Word Document token, use a Web-Bug URL token as the link (be sure to change the display text to something enticing)!
Anytime this document is opened from now on, you will get an email with a lot of information about who opened it. You'll get their IP address, location, user-agent string. It really is a simple, but effective way to determine if someone is snooping around your systems. Sprinkle these traps all over, like your email, cloud drive, devices, etc and you will have a nice set of traps for your adversaries!
I hope you enjoyed this and learned a lot today! Follow me for more content and tips on being safe in our digital world!
Check out this video below for a full walk-through on how to use a Canary Token to see if a hacker is in your system!
