Implementing Deception Based Detection With Canarytoken
Deploy and monitor Canary Tokens via the Thinkst Canary API for deception-based breach detection using web bug tokens, DNS tokens, document tokens, and AWS key tokens.
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Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Implementing Deception-Based Detection with Canarytoken
Overview
Canary Tokens are lightweight tripwire mechanisms that alert when an attacker accesses a resource. This skill uses the Thinkst Canary REST API to programmatically create tokens (web bugs, DNS tokens, MS Word documents, AWS API keys), deploy them to strategic locations, monitor for triggered alerts, and generate deception coverage reports.
When to Use
- When deploying or configuring implementing deception based detection with canarytoken capabilities in your environment
- When establishing security controls aligned to compliance requirements
- When building or improving security architecture for this domain
- When conducting security assessments that require this implementation
Prerequisites
- Thinkst Canary Console or canarytokens.org account
- API auth token from Canary Console
- Python 3.9+ with
requests - File system access for deploying document and file tokens
Steps
- Authenticate to the Canary Console API using auth_token
- Create web bug (HTTP) tokens for embedding in documents and web pages
- Create DNS tokens for monitoring DNS resolution attempts
- Create MS Word document tokens for file share deployment
- List all active tokens and their trigger history
- Query recent alerts for triggered token events
- Generate deception coverage report with deployment recommendations
Expected Output
- JSON report listing all deployed Canary Tokens, trigger history, alert details, and coverage analysis
- Deployment map showing token types across network segments
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: pinkpixel-dev
- Source: pinkpixel-dev/skills-collection-2
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.