How honeyports turn scans into self-owns¶

Honeyports (not to be confused with their more famous cousin, honeypots) are the cybersecurity equivalent of rigging a burglar alarm to a broom cupboard—while the real valuables are elsewhere, or leaving a shiny “Do Not Touch” button in plain sight—on an air-gapped or high-security network—just to see who can’t help themselves.

They’re particularly handy when your Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS) is asleep at the wheel, your Next-Gen firewall isn’t quite as next-gen as advertised, or you’re simply tired of zero-days skipping merrily past your defences.