Varonis Threat Labs deployed managed MySQL honeypots across major cloud providers to observe attacker behavior. The publicly exposed GCP instance with weak credentials was compromised within hours by multiple automated ransomware operators who brute-forced access, exfiltrated data, dropped tables, and left ransom notes.
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MyBait: Why We Lured Attackers To Encrypt Our Cloud MySQL Intelligence Center Generative AI enables defenders to rapidly deploy highly adaptive honeypots that simulate complex environments like Linux shells or IoT devices. By leveraging LLMs to generate plausible responses to attacker inputs, organizations can deceive automated AI-driven attacks, shifting the defensive strategy from passive detection to active manipulation and intelligence gathering.