When deception is a good thing

By Nick Mirabile, director of cybersecurity

In 2013, a pro-Assad group known as the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into the Associated Press’ Twitter account and broadcast a fake report about explosions at the White House. It caused the Dow Jones industrial average to drop nearly 150 points, erasing $136 billion in market value.

This is cyber deception in action. Cyber attackers have long embraced deception with tactics such as social engineering help-desk employees to install Trojans or obtain users’ credentials. If deception can be used to attack, can it also be used in cyber defense?

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