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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honeypot
Noun
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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
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Or will a bonanza of untaxed tips give them greater confidence to put unruly customers in their place?—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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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
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This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Thousands of tons of drugs have moved through the city over the decades, hidden in vehicle compartments, in suburban stash houses and semitrailer loads of everything from avocados to live sheep.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Most upside: Tyler Conklin, LAC Most value: Mike Gesicki, CIN Biggest sleeper: Tyler Conklin, LAC Best stash: Michael Mayer, LV For several years, Conklin has been productive and underappreciated.—
Jeff Haverlack,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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“Honeypot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honeypot. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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