29 October 2026

Horizon3 CEO says AI hackers fall for simple decoy traps

• Horizon3's CEO, Snehal Antani, argues that AI cyber capabilities are overhyped.
• He says frontier AI models, the most advanced systems, often click on decoy traps planted by defenders.
• Antani recommends deception tools, such as honey tokens (fake credentials that raise an alarm when used), as a cheap defense.

How it was covered

Big TechnologyAlex Kantrowitz

Gap between AI cyber marketing and reality, decoys and honey tokens, AI click rates on traps, patch reverse engineering, and treating agents as insider threats