Canarytokens

A free web tool that creates tripwire tokens which alert you when an attacker triggers them.

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About Canarytokens

Canarytokens helps you discover a breach by making intruders announce themselves. You create tokens, such as files or URLs, and place them around your network or systems as traps. When someone opens or uses a token, you receive a notification straight away.

It is a web tool, so there is nothing to install to create a token. It suits individuals and small teams who want a simple early warning of unauthorized access without running a full intrusion detection system.

Strengths

  • Free with nothing to install
  • Alerts as soon as a token is triggered
  • Simple way to detect intruders early

Limitations

  • Only detects access to the tokens you plant
  • Depends on a hosted web service for alerts

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to use.
License
Proprietary
Platforms
Web
How it runs
Web application
Works offline
No
Best suited for
Anyone wanting a cheap early warning that a network or account has been breached
Last verified
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Provenance
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Alternatives to Canarytokens

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Software that can replace Canarytokens for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • OpenCanary

    A lightweight multi-protocol honeypot daemon that alerts when someone touches fake network services.

    OpenCanary is a self-hosted honeypot daemon that emulates network services and alerts on access, requiring your own setup rather than a free hosted token service.

  • T-Pot

    An all-in-one multi-honeypot platform with dashboards for analysing collected attack data.

    T-Pot is a self-hosted multi-honeypot platform with dashboards for studying attack traffic, heavier to run than Canarytokens' hosted tripwires.

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