to set up a honeypot
- phrasal verb
- Specialized
:
crear un honeypot
- The company decided to set up a honeypot to detect and study hackers' techniques.
Examples
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To test if competitors were stealing information, they set up a honeypot with false data.
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Researchers often set up a honeypot to observe how malicious software behaves in a controlled environment.
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They set up a honeypot to catch cybercriminals.
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Can you set up a honeypot for the new campaign?
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Researchers often set up a honeypot to observe how malicious software behaves in a controlled environment.
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The company decided to set up a honeypot to detect and study hackers' techniques.
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To test if competitors were stealing information, they set up a honeypot with false data.
Synonyms
330
4.6
To attract someone and make them want to be involved, sometimes by a trick
270
3.7
To get someone to do something by offering a reward or making false promises
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4.9
To persuade someone to do something by offering something they want
18
3.2
To use something to lure a person, animal or fish into a trap
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5.6
To catch something, often by using a trap or a trick
Antonyms
How Enticing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb phrase 'set up' (to create or establish) combines straightforwardly with 'honeypot', which is a metaphorical compound meaning an attractive lure or decoy (think a pot of honey that attracts). A B1 learner who knows these constituent meanings can directly infer that 'set up a honeypot' means to create an attractive trap or lure to entice and identify targets.
Etymology
Set up a honeypot comes from the simple image of a honeypot, a pot of sweet honey used as bait to attract insects or animals. One popular story says that if you put honey out you can see who comes to take it, so to set up a honeypot now means to create a tempting 'trap' or offer to attract and find people like attackers or customers.