This blog will explain how Falco’s Cloudtrail plugin rules can be aligned with MITRE ATT&CK Framework for Cloud. One important note is that the team at MITRE has developed several different matrices to address the unique risk associated with adversaries in the cloud, in containerized workloads as well as on mobile devices.
The Sysdig Threat Research Team recently discovered a sophisticated cloud operation in a customer environment, dubbed SCARLETEEL, that resulted in stolen proprietary data. The attacker exploited a containerized workload and then leveraged it to perform privilege escalation into an AWS account in order to steal proprietary software and credentials. They also attempted to pivot using a Terraform state file to other connected AWS accounts to spread their reach throughout the organization.
Can OpenAI ChatGPT become a contributor for an open source project like Falco? Is this the end of GitHub Copilot? ChatGPT is SO trendy that I overheard my grandma talking about it to her friends the other day. We’re seeing more and more uses of this AI for real world applications. That made us think… Falco, the first runtime security project to join CNCF as an incubation-level project, needs contributors.
One of the biggest concerns when using Kubernetes is whether we are complying with the security posture and taking into account all possible threats. For this reason, OWASP has created the OWASP Kubernetes Top 10, which helps identify the most likely risks.
We are in early 2023, and we have over 2700 new vulnerabilities registered in CVE. It is still a challenge for developers to endure the fatigue of continually vulnerability prioritization and mitigating new threats. Our findings in the Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Container Usage Report provide signs of hope for overburdened developers, as the data showed opportunities to focus remediation efforts on vulnerable packages loaded at runtime.
8220 Gang has been dubbed as a group of low-level script kiddies with an equally disappointing name based on their original use of port 8220 for Command and Control (C2) network communications dating back to 2017. Since an initial Talos report in late 2018, the group has continued to use, learn, and benefit from the efforts of their counterparts in the cryptojacking world.
Contributing members of the open source project git deployed a code change in June 2022 that switched the default file compression method from the gzip program to an internal gzip-compatible implementation. The change was made for performance reasons and to reduce the dependency on the aging gzip project. Unfortunately, it also impacted SaaS offerings like GitHub that use git under the hood. GitHub deployed the change and was also forced to quickly roll it back in January 2023.
The sixth annual Sysdig Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report digs into how Sysdig customers of all sizes and industries are using, securing, and paying for cloud and container environments. We examined the data and found some interesting trends that may help you as you work to develop best practices for securing and monitoring your cloud-native environments. This year’s report has new data on cloud security, container vulnerabilities, and Kubernetes cost optimization.
