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Researchers Uncover TLS Bootstrap Attack on Azure Kubernetes Clusters
2024-08-20 09:36

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw impacting Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Services that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to escalate their privileges and...

Portainer: Open-source Docker and Kubernetes management
2024-07-01 04:30

Portainer Community Edition is an open-source, lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications. "I created Portainer, initially for my own needs. Back in 2016 I was operating a Public Cloud provider in Asia, and wanted to offer a Container as a Service solution to market. At the time, that meant Docker. There were no Cloud Provider management UI's for Docker then, so I created Portainer to act as such. In a way, Portainer enabled a domestic market version of AWS ECS before ECS was popular. However, Portainer quickly took on a life of its own. I open-sourced the UI, which was"discovered" and blogged about, and it took off.

Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters
2024-06-12 13:42

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an ongoing cryptojacking campaign targeting misconfigured Kubernetes clusters to mine Dero cryptocurrency. Cloud security firm Wiz, which shed light on the...

Hackers Exploit OpenMetadata Flaws to Mine Crypto on Kubernetes
2024-04-18 05:54

Threat actors are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain unauthorized access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage them for cryptocurrency mining activity. That's...

Hackers hijack OpenMetadata apps in Kubernetes cryptomining attacks
2024-04-17 21:01

In an ongoing Kubernetes cryptomining campaign, attackers target OpenMetadata workloads using critical remote code execution and authentication vulnerabilities. The security vulnerabilities exploited in these attacks were patched one month ago, on March 15, in OpenMedata versions 1.2.4 and 1.3.1.

Researchers Detail Kubernetes Vulnerability That Enables Windows Node Takeover
2024-03-14 11:59

Details have been made public about a now-patched high-severity flaw in Kubernetes that could allow a malicious attacker to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges under specific...

Google Kubernetes Misconfig Lets Any Gmail Account Control Your Clusters
2024-01-24 14:25

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a loophole impacting Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that could be potentially exploited by threat actors with a Google account to take control of a...

Google Cloud Resolves Privilege Escalation Flaw Impacting Kubernetes Service
2023-12-28 13:20

Google Cloud has addressed a medium-severity security flaw in its platform that could be abused by an attacker who already has access to a Kubernetes cluster to escalate their privileges. "An...

5 open-source tools for pentesting Kubernetes you should check out
2023-12-06 05:00

Kubernetes has become a critical part of the infrastructure for many organizations. With its widespread adoption, Kubernetes environments have also become a target for cyber threats.

Kubernetes Secrets of Fortune 500 Companies Exposed in Public Repositories
2023-11-24 06:44

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of publicly exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets that could put organizations at risk of supply chain attacks. “These encoded Kubernetes configuration...