Aqua News
Vast majority of cyber-attacks on cloud servers aim to mine cryptocurrency
An analysis of one year’s worth of cyber-attacks recorded in cloud honeypot servers reveals that the vast majority of hackers target cloud infrastructure with the purpose of deploying crypto-mining malware rather than exfiltrate sensitive corporate information, set up DDoS infrastructure, or other forms of cybercrime. According to Aqua Security’s 2020 Cloud Native Threat Report, which …
Crypto mining: The main aim for cloud server cyber-attacks
Aqua noted that hackers have been improving their intrusion methods, including malware. They are now using more sophisticated techniques to attack servers which makes it almost impossible to be spotted using a signature-based security system, or through static analysis. Head of Team Nautilus at Aqua, Idan Revivo, commented: The attacks we observed are a significant …
Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Shows Enterprise Software Dev Growth
Joining her in the discussion with press and analysts were Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, and Liz Rice, vice president of open source engineering with Aqua Security. Rice also chairs CNCF’s technical oversight committee and said her team evaluates as many open source projects as possible that surface in the community to pick out …
End users, developers collaborate on cloud native container security solutions
“Security is ever more online; cloud security is ever more a part of what people need to pay attention to,” said Liz Rice (pictured), vice president of open-source engineering at Aqua Security Software Ltd. and chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s Technical Oversight Committee. Rice spoke with Stu Miniman, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s livestreaming studio, during the …
Container, Serverless & Cloud Native Security Flash – July 2020
Welcome back! To start things off, we recently announced our complete cloud native application protection platform, which has an even broader, more robust, and more integrated set of capabilities. It brings Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), and DevSecOps seamlessly together. In fact, leading research companies covering Cloud Native technologies are also …
Aqua Extends its Alliance with Red Hat and IBM to Bring Cloud Native Security to the Red Hat Marketplace
BOSTON – August 4, 2020 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, today announced that its Cloud Native Security Platform is available through Red Hat® Marketplace, an open cloud marketplace that makes it easier to discover and access certified software for container-based environments across the hybrid cloud. Built in partnership by Red Hat …
Aqua Security Automates Configuration Vulnerability Remediation
Cloud native security company Aqua Security has launched two new offerings, with a handful of new features alongside them, both for the cloud native newcomer as well as the enterprise already well on its cloud native journey. First, Aqua Wave is a SaaS-only offering that works to secure both applications as they are built as well as …
TCP Talks with Aqua Security’s Liz Rice
In this TCP Talks episode, Justin Brodley and Jonathan Baker chat with Liz Rice, VP of open source engineering for Aqua Security, which provides tools to secure cloud-native deployments. Liz describes Aqua’s evolution over the years: From a provider of container security to its acquisition of CloudSploit and its development of open-source security solutions. Most customers are using cloud …