awesome-deception
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Articles
- a Canadian election-list canary trap
- Active Defense
- a hacktivist attack targeting OT/ICS
- Building a Military Honeypot
Penn State’s effort to build deceptive camera and network environments for military use.
- building a nation-scale evidence base
- Canary Credentials in the wild
Conferences
- Active Defense & Deception (AD&D)
Active conference, most recent event in 2026.
- Honeynet Workshops
Active conference, most recent event in 2025.
Research
- A Descriptive Model for Modelling Attacker Decision-Making in Cyber-DeceptionPapers
Proposes a model of attacker engagement decisions under deception cues.
- Agentic AI for Cyber Resilience: A New Security Paradigm and Its System-Theoretic FoundationsPapers
Argues for agentic resilience with cyber deception case studies.
- Applying game theory to deceptionPapers
Models attacker-defender dynamics using game-theoretic approaches.
- Database Deception using Large Language ModelsPapers
Applies LLMs to create deceptive database artifacts.
- Deception and Detection: Why Artificial Intelligence Empowers Cyber Defense over OffensePapers
Argues that AI automation benefits cyber defense more than offense, widening an offense-defense automation gap as stakes increase.
- Deception Techniques in Computer Security: A Research PerspectivePapers
Broad survey of deception methods and research directions.
Talks
- Applying Deception to the Attack Lifecycle
Tim Pappa and Skylar Simmons (Walmart) on using deception across the attacker journey.
- Continuous Integration / Continuous Deception: Trying my luck as a malicious maintainer
Benedikt Haußner.
- Counter Deception: Defending Yourself in a World Full of Lies
DEF CON 32, Tom Cross and Greg Conti.
- Deception & Operations Planning Frameworks
ShmooCon talk on a physical deception operation.
- Mirage: Cyber Deception Against Autonomous Cyber Attacks
Black Hat USA 2024, Ron Alford and Michael Kouremetis.
- Sweet Deception: Mastering AWS Honey Tokens to Detect and Outsmart Attackers
Nick Frichette.
Guides
- Birding Guide - Detect attackers without breaking the bank
Detect attackers without breaking the bank
- Taxonomy and terminology
Terminology and definitions for cyber deception.
- The “AI Vulnerability Storm”: Building a “Mythos-ready” Security Program
CSA strategy briefing that flags deception as a priority in AI-driven vulnerability discovery and response programs.
Frameworks
- Deception-as-Detection
Deception planning mapped against the MITRE ATT&CK matrix.
- MITRE D3FEND™
Defensive cybersecurity countermeasures knowledge graph, with
- MITRE Engage™
Adversary engagement framework, with a
Podcasts
- EP281: Deceiving Adversaries at Scale with Kevin Conley
Cloud Security Podcast by Google episode on lessons from scaling deception technology at Riot Games.
Communities
- /r/cyber_deception
Subreddit dedicated to cyber deception.
- The Honeynet Project
Non-profit organization researching deception and honeynet technologies.
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