Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin Cybersecurity software tool uses trickery to ward off potential threats from hackers

Cybersecurity software tool uses trickery to ward off potential threats from hackers

Published: June 29, 2021, 5:56 p.m.

b"Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have come up with a cybersecurity software tool that builds on the old notion of honeypots, a way of tricking hackers into thinking they've gotten into your systems. The new technology is called Shadow Figment. Thomas Edgar, the labs senior cybersecurity scientist, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about how it all works.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"