How Security Teams Are Using Deception Technology to Trap Attackers

Cybersecurity Business with Fexingo: Security Companies, Breaches, and Enterprise Defense · Jun 9, 2026 · 7m · transcript

Episode 41 of Cybersecurity Business with Fexingo explores deception technology, a proactive defense strategy where security teams deploy decoys—fake servers, credentials, and data—to lure attackers away from real assets. Lucas and Luna dive into a case study: a mid-sized healthcare company that detected a ransomware intrusion within minutes after an attacker triggered a decoy Active Directory account. They discuss how modern deception platforms use machine learning to generate realistic lures, the trade-offs vs. traditional honeypots, and why CISOs at firms like a major European bank are…