Creation of fictitious identities to obfuscate hacking of internal networks

A computer-implemented method for obfuscating unauthorized users attempting to penetrate a network, the method comprising:

• causing a security module to be installed on a computing device that resides within a network;
• generating a fictitious identity for the network;
• injecting the fictitious identity into an operating system process responsible for enforcing a security policy on the computing device;
• monitoring whether the fictitious identity has been used in an attempt to access the network;
• and
• in response to determining that an entity attempted to penetrate the network using the fictitious identity,
• identifying the entity as an unauthenticated user of the network;
• and
• notifying an administrator of the attempt.

A system for obfuscating unauthorized users attempting to penetrate a network, the system comprising:

• an identity database configured to store valid network identities used to facilitate a directory service for a network;
• and
• a security engine that, when in operation, is hosted by a virtual machine and configured to
• read the valid network identities from the identity database in order to model the network,
• generate a fictitious network identity that does not permit access to the network, and
• inject the fictitious network identity into each computing device that resides within the network.