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Matrix Unleashes A New Widespread DDoS Campaign
Aqua Nautilus researchers uncovered a new and widespread Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) campaign orchestrated by a threat actor named Matrix. Triggered by activities detected on our honeypots, this investigation dives deep into Matrix’s methods, targets, tools, and overall goals. Aqua Nautilus researchers uncovered a new and widespread Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) campaign orchestrated by a threat actor…
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Threat Actors Hijack Misconfigured Servers for Live Sports Streaming
To keep up with the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, Aqua Nautilus researchers deploy honeypots that mimic real-world development environments. During a recent threat-hunting operation, they uncovered a surprising new attack vector: threat actors using misconfigured servers to hijack environments for streaming sports events. By exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook applications, attackers drop live streaming…
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New Aqua User Experience: Streamlined Vulnerability Management
The new Aqua Hub update is designed to take the headache out of vulnerability management, addressing common challenges like alert overload and data consistency issues. With this update, teams get a clean, streamlined view of vulnerabilities that cuts through the noise, so they can focus on the critical issues without getting lost in irrelevant details. …
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Enhancing UK Cybersecurity and Resilience: Impact of the New National Bill
As the digital landscape rapidly evolves, the need for a robust, adaptive security strategy becomes increasingly critical. Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and widespread, necessitating a proactive approach to cybersecurity. The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill represents a significant stride towards fortifying the nation’s defenses against these threats. As the digital landscape rapidly…
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5 Must-See Sessions at KubeCon North America
Who’s getting excited? Next week, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, will kick off in Salt Lake City, Utah. In its ninth year, the conference has grown into more than just a technical conference—it’s a vibrant community event that offers attendees the tools, relationships, and inspiration to drive innovation in the…
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Threat Alert: TeamTNT’s Docker Gatling Gun Campaign
Long time no see, Aqua Nautilus researchers have identified a new campaign in the making by TeamTNT, a notorious hacking group. In this campaign, TeamTNT appears to be returning to its roots while preparing for a large-scale attack on cloud native environments. The group is currently targeting exposed Docker daemons to deploy Sliver malware, a…
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AWS CDK Risk: Exploiting a Missing S3 Bucket Allowed Account Takeover
In June 2024, we uncovered a security issue related to the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), an open-source project. This discovery adds to the six other vulnerabilities we discovered within AWS services. The impact of this issue could, in certain scenarios (outlined in the blog), allow an attacker to gain administrative access to a target AWS account,…
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Blog: GSoC 2022 Final Report: Improving Supply Chain Security
Project Description Supply chain security is a rising concern in the current software era. Securing the software supply chain encompasses vulnerability remediation and the implementation of controls throughout the software development process. Due to massive increase in attacks on software supply chain and the diversity of its types, Jenkins X has to make efforts to…
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Blog: Software Bill Of Materials generation tools
Prerequisite Before you read this, you have to understand what are SBOMs and what are different formats of SBOMs Different SBOM generation tools comparison If you got this far, you already realize the importance of SBOM generation, and also it should meet certain requirements to achieve its purpose. Due to various requirements depending on what…
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Blog: Software Bill Of Materials Formats
Prerequisite If you don’t understand what is Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), please read this blog post first. Different SBOM formats comparison The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the U.S. defined minimum requirements for SBOM formats: Identifying the supplier of the software component. Identifying the details about the version of the component. Including…