skills/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/deploying-ransomware-canary-files/Gen Agent Trust Hub
deploying-ransomware-canary-files
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 16, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- [SAFE]: The skill implements a defensive cybersecurity tool for ransomware detection. It uses the
watchdoglibrary to monitor filesystem events on decoy files specifically created for this purpose. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The script
scripts/agent.pyperforms filesystem operations (read/write/move/delete) and process inspection viapsutil. These are consistent with the documented purpose of deploying and monitoring canary files. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references standard Python libraries (
watchdog,requests,psutil). While these are external dependencies, they are well-known, legitimate packages used for their intended purposes. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: No sensitive data exfiltration was found. The network operations (
requests.postfor Slack andsmtplibfor Email) are used exclusively for sending alerts containing telemetry about detected filesystem events. - [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: While the script contains simulated 'secrets' in the canary file templates (e.g., fake AWS keys and database passwords), these are intentionally fake data designed to lure attackers and do not represent a credential exposure risk for the user.
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