The Gaps in Open Source Governance That Threaten the Software Supply Chain

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The Gaps in Open Source Governance That Threaten the Software Supply Chain

Security Threat

The widespread issue of unmaintained and deprecated npm packages recently discovered by Aqua researchers affects more than a fifth of open source packages. Presenting yet another silent example of hidden threats to the software supply chain, it demonstrates how poor operational and structural integrity of dependencies can be just as risky as code vulnerabilities, while …

SECURITY RESEARCH

PowerHell: Active Flaws in PowerShell Gallery Expose Users to Attacks

Security Threat

Recent findings by Aqua Nautilus have exposed significant flaws that are still active in the PowerShell Gallery’s policy regarding package names and owners. These flaws make typosquatting attacks inevitable in this registry, while also making it extremely difficult for users to identify the true owner of a package. Consequently, these flaws pave the way for …

CLOUD WORKLOAD PROTECTION

Protecting AWS Fargate Containers at Runtime

Containers as a Service (CaaS) like AWS Fargate have proven to be a valuable mechanism for DevOps teams to build and deploy complex applications at scale. By removing the need for infrastructure management and security, customers can also reduce development costs using AWS Fargate.

RUNTIME SECURITY

Tracee Release: Rules Detect Attackers Out-of-the-Box

Aqua Tracee is an open source runtime security and forensics tool for Linux. It can help you detect suspicious behavior at runtime using an extensive data collection engine and a sophisticated rules engine. You can further read about the development of Tracee in our blog The Story of Tracee: The Path to Runtime Security Tool.

AQUA OPEN SOURCE

Trivy Can Now Scan Unpackaged Binary Files

Trivy, the all-in-one security scanner, is now able to scan binary files in your scan targets such as container images. Most security scanners rely on package managers to discover vulnerabilities. Trivy now uses Rekor from Sigstore to look up the hash of a binary file. If a relevant SBOM is found through the hash, Trivy …

SECURITY RESEARCH

8220 Gang Deploys a New Campaign with Upgraded Techniques

A recent campaign by the 8220 gang, who have been known to exploit the newly discovered critical Confluence vulnerability (CVE-2022-26134), targeted one of our honeypots. This campaign has evolved over time to deliberately target containers. In this game of cat and mouse, the threat actors used some new techniques, refurbishing the scripts from one attack …

AQUA OPEN SOURCE

Trivy v0.29.0 Release: RBAC, Helm, Custom Extensions, and More

The new Trivy release is out! As ever, there are tons of exciting updates and features, such as role-based access control (RBAC) and Helm chart scanning, support for custom extensions, a Trivy Operator Lens integration, and many more. Read on for feature highlights and try them out.

AQUA OPEN SOURCE

Integrate OSS Container Vulnerability Data with Aqua and Sonatype Nexus

The rise in software supply chain attacks presents a profound challenge to the cornerstone of DevOps practices: the heavy use and reuse of open source software (OSS). Aqua Security extends visibility into risks across the software stack – and helps teams maintain a clear view into their software bills of materials (SBOMs) with the integration …

AQUA OPEN SOURCE

Unlimited Container Image Scanning in Docker Desktop with Trivy

A core part of shifting security left is to check your artifacts and their dependencies for vulnerabilities as early in the dev lifecycle as possible. Whether you’re building your own container images or using third-party images, the Trivy Docker Desktop integration allows you to easily scan any container image directly through the Docker Dashboard. In …

SECURITY RESEARCH

Hunting Rootkits with eBPF: Detecting Linux Syscall Hooking Using Tracee

Today, cloud native platforms are increasingly using eBPF-based security technology. It enables the monitoring and analysis of applications’ runtime behavior by creating safe hooks for tracing internal functions and capturing important data for forensic purposes. Tracee is an open source runtime security and forensics tool for Linux that is powered by eBPF and is more …

SECURITY RESEARCH

Linux Kernel Vulnerability: Escaping Containers by Abusing Cgroups

CVE-2022-0492, a recently disclosed high-severity Linux vulnerability that relates to a weakness in the handling of release_agent in cgroups, could allow for container escape under some circumstances. Fortunately, in common container configurations, the various layers of security hardening will block the effective execution of this vulnerability.

SECURITY RESEARCH

Dirty Pipe Linux Vulnerability: Overwriting Files in Container Images

A new CVE in the Linux kernel was released this week. CVE-2022-0847, aka “Dirty Pipe”, is a vulnerability that allows users on a Linux system to overwrite the contents of files that they can read but shouldn’t be able to write to. Looking at this vulnerability from the perspective of hosts using containerization software such …

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