Kubernetes Exposed: Exploiting the Kubelet API

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SECURITY RESEARCH

Kubernetes Exposed: Exploiting the Kubelet API

Kubelet API is a vital component in Kubernetes clusters that manages pods and their containers on each node. While it is not typically intended for direct user interaction, many DevOps teams may utilize the Kubelet API for debugging and direct node communication. However, exposing the Kubelet API to the public internet while enabling anonymous unauthenticated …

Compliance to Implementation: Exploring DORA and NIS 2 Frameworks

The importance of cybersecurity and operational resilience in the financial sector has never been more pronounced. The European Union (EU) has been at the forefront of addressing these critical issues, enacting comprehensive legislations to safeguard the digital infrastructure and ensure the continuity of financial services. Two pivotal pieces of legislation in this domain are the …

SECURITY RESEARCH

Phantom Secrets: Undetected Secrets Expose Major Corporations

Security Threat

For years, we’ve been educating developers not to hard-code secrets into their code. Now it turns out that even doing this once might permanently expose that secret, even after its apparent removal – and worse, most secrets scanning methods will miss it. Our research found that almost 18% of secrets might be overlooked.

Catch Me If You Can: Uncovering Malicious Threats in Container Images

What do Frank Abagnale Jr., the notorious con artist from “Catch Me If You Can”, the Golden Snitch from “Harry Potter,” and the Higgs boson from physics have in common? They’re all extremely difficult to catch. Whether it’s outsmarting the FBI, eluding a Quidditch player, or taking physicists almost 50 years to discover, each represents …

RUNTIME SECURITY

Understanding the Importance of Runtime Security in Cloud Native Environments

Gartner has estimated that “90% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production by 2026—up from 40% in 2021.” The inherent benefits of cloud native application development enable developers to introduce new code into the environment at an accelerated rate. However, the dynamic nature of these environments amplifies the risks associated with runtime …

SECURITY RESEARCH, VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT

Muhstik Malware Targets Message Queuing Services Applications

Aqua Nautilus discovered a new campaign of Muhstik malware targeting message queuing services applications, specifically the Apache RocketMQ platform. Our investigation revealed that the attackers downloaded the known malware Muhstik onto the compromised instances by exploiting a known vulnerability in the platform. In this blog, we will explore how the attackers exploit the existing vulnerability …

SECURITY RESEARCH

Linguistic Lumberjack: Understanding CVE-2024-4323 in Fluent Bit

Linguistic Lumberjack is a new critical severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-4323) that affects Fluent Bit versions 2.0.7 through 3.0.3. The vulnerability involves a memory corruption error, potentially leading to denial of service, information disclosure, or remote code execution.

SECURITY RESEARCH

Employee Personal GitHub Repos Expose Internal Azure and Red Hat Secrets

Security Threat

What happens when employees at some of the world’s largest organizations like Microsoft and RedHat use personal GitHub repos for their side projects? They can unknowingly expose corporate secrets and credentials opening the doors for a security incident. Unfortunately, this isn’t just a hypothetical situation.

CONTAINER SECURITY

Elevating AWS Kubernetes Security and Compliance

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) streamlines the process of deploying, managing, and scaling Kubernetes clusters on Amazon Web Services (AWS), sparing users the complexities of setting up and maintaining their own Kubernetes control plane. Kubernetes itself is an open-source platform designed to automate the management, scaling, and deployment of applications within containers.

APPLICATION SECURITY

Securing GenAI: Safeguarding LLM-Powered Applications with Aqua

In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, the rise of Generative AI (GenAI) has sparked a revolution in how we interact with and leverage this technology. GenAI is based on large language models (LLMs) that have demonstrated remarkable capabilities, from generating human-like text to powering conversational interfaces and automating complex tasks.

Setting Sail: Keeping a Weathered Eye on the Horizon of Cloud Security

As I hoist the sail on this new journey with Aqua, I was asked why did I join? Why am I thrilled to be part of this organization and what is it about Aqua’s approach to safeguarding cloud native systems that resonates with me? For close to 20 years I have experienced building, transforming, and …

Cloud Security Posture Management

Discover Cloud Security Issues Faster with Event-based Scanning

In today’s cloud security landscape, the challenge of keeping pace with evolving threats is daunting for security practitioners. Meanwhile, malicious actors operate at lightning speed, often breaching organizations and extracting valuable data within minutes, if not seconds. Imagine what they could accomplish in 24 hours — can any modern organization afford such a gap in …

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