honeypot

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Recent Examples of honeypot Google Chrome has proven a particularly enticing honeypot for cybercriminals looking to trick Android users into downloading malware. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Yes, there’s the obvious danger of combining barreling down the highway with Fortnite, but experts are also warning that the games pose another risk as a honeypot for hackers. Kevin Williams, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2025 Windows remains a honeypot for cyber attacks and security vulnerabilities, for half or more of its user base to be off support is simply unthinkable. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 Any event of this magnitude is a honeypot to bad actors, who know there will be plenty of users out there itching to tap or point and click at a solution for their missing fixes. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for honeypot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honeypot
Noun
  • But he’s turned it into an arena-ready bonanza by supplementing his longtime five-piece band with four musicians, including Probyn Gregory, a multi-instrumentalist who spent about 25 years in Brian Wilson’s backing band.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
  • The secret ingredient for this periodic bonanza: Texas youth, who wind up in the show's spotlight as often as the celebrity honorees past and present.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • However, if the U.S. government continues subsidizing nuclear technologies without regard to proliferation risk, then the plutonium entrepreneurs will keep hopping on that gravy train.
    Alan J. Kuperman, Scientific American, 30 July 2025
  • The administration’s efforts to stop this gravy train threaten the climate house of cards built up for decades.
    Peter Murphy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • This extraction recovers forensic artifacts showing screen touches, keyboard caches revealing what was typed, application usage data, and notification interaction records.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Seaside serenity and rising cultural cache collide in this ever-evolving hub at the southern edge of Africa.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The day after the crash, the FWC found a stash of empty booze bottles and cans on Pino’s boat when its officers pulled it from the bay.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
  • Kids had their stash of Beanie Babies, while moms had their vintage plate collections displayed in a china cabinet or on their walls.
    Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025

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“Honeypot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honeypot. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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