Kubernetes has been widely adopted by enterprises, making security a critical focus. This widespread adoption underscores the need for interconnected strategies, such as shift-left security, compliance-as-code, and zero-trust principles, to effectively address evolving threats. Kubernetes is widely used across industries, with substantial growth in production environments.
Scanning for vulnerabilities in the right places is critically important in securing your Linux environment. While vulnerability scanning initially involved scanning Linux hosts, it has since shifted to scrutinizing container images. However, in the world of vulnerability management, we often focus on scanning images in registries and CI/CD processes but forget to monitor vulnerabilities where it really matters: container images that are actually running.
The LOKI stack is a powerful infrastructure that combines Linux, OpenStack, and Kubernetes in the ever-changing landscape of cloud infrastructure. OpenStack reports that Kubernetes was now used on more than 85% of OpenStack installations, indicating how these technologies are becoming increasingly integrated, as opposed to the idea of either-or choices.
eBPF stands for extended Berkeley Packet Filters, which are a way of running programs on network interfaces. There are two types of BPF: classic and extended. Classic BPFs were introduced in Linux 2.6.25, while extended BPFs were introduced with Linux 4.0 (2010), allowing for more functionality than classic BPFs.
This article from The Hacker News presents a nerve-racking revelation about how cyber threat actors are adapting to the evolving digital landscape.
Kubernetes security is safeguarding your Kubernetes clusters, the applications they host, and the infrastructure they rely on from threats. As a container orchestration platform, Kubernetes is incredibly powerful but presents a broad attack surface for potential adversaries.
Security providers are using eBPF for observability to prevent attacks, detect and remediate high-priority vulnerabilities (and to distinguish between severe and less severe vulnerabilities), to detect suspicious activity and other uses.
Among cloud developers, Kubernetes is now a widely used platform. It's not immune to security incidents, however, and these can lead to loss of revenue or customers.
Threat actors have been observed using Amazon Web Services (AWS) 's System Manager (SSM) agent as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) on Linux and Windows machines.
Cilium, an open-source networking, security and observability project, has released version 1.14 with an array of connectivity, security and observability updates. The Cilium 1.14 update also introduces new mesh capabilities, high-speed networking and security enhancements.
A new fileless attack dubbed PyLoose has been observed striking cloud workloads with the goal of delivering a cryptocurrency miner, new findings from Wiz reveal.
With eBPF monitoring container activity from the kernel layer, many of the challenges associated with observability in the cloud are solved.
A recent report entitled Cloud Native and Kubernetes Security Predictions 2023 underscores the rapidly evolving landscape of Kubernetes and cloud security, emphasizing the need for organizations to stay informed and adopt comprehensive security solutions to protect their digital assets.
Learn about the advantages of using Kubernetes and Docker together, including enhanced security. "Kubernetes and Docker offer security features such as network isolation, access controls, and image signing. These features help secure containerized applications and protect sensitive data."
Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that provides an efficient and scalable way to manage containerized workloads and services. The platform is based on a distributed architecture that enables it to manage and scale containerized applications across multiple nodes in a cluster. It plays a vital role in ensuring data security in containerized environments, providing "multiple layers of security measures" to protect the data.
Earlier this week, Amazon announced the availability of Amazon Linux 2023, its third-generation Linux distribution. With this distribution, Amazon is promising three benefits: a high-security standard, a predictable lifecycle, and deterministic updates.
IBM said this week it will soon roll out an AI-infused, hybrid-cloud oriented version of its z/OS mainframe operating system.
Whether you go with a cloud provider or go it alone, you need to plan the right architecture for your Kubernetes infrastructure.
Last week Microsoft launched a new feature that lets customers run modern applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in an isolated and secure form. Initially announced at the last KubeCon, the feature is currently available in public preview.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) early this month in Seattle hosted the first standalone CloudNativeSecurityCon (CNSCon) North America 2023. The event drew more than 800 attendees and offered 70 sessions. In her keynote, CNCF Executive Director Priyanka Sharma described it as the first open source, vendor-neutral, practitioner-driven conference for security.
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