How CISOs Use Cyber Deception to Trap Attackers

Cybersecurity Business with Fexingo: Security Companies, Breaches, and Enterprise Defense · Jul 24, 2026 · 12m · transcript

Episode 131 of Cybersecurity Business with Fexingo explores the emerging practice of cyber deception technology. Lucas and Luna break down how companies like a major European bank deployed fake assets—decoy databases, credentials, and network shares—to detect and study attackers in real time. They discuss a real case where a deception layer caught a ransomware group within hours of initial access, before any actual data was encrypted. Lucas explains the three types of lures: breadcrumbs, honeytokens, and full honeypots, and why these are becoming essential for mid-market firms that can't…