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Lucifer DDoS botnet Malware is Targeting Apache Big-Data Stack

Lucifer DDoS botnet Malware is Targeting Apache Big-Data Stack

Aqua Nautilus has unveiled a new campaign targeting Apache big-data stack, specifically Apache Hadoop and Apache Druid. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the attacker exploits existing misconfigurations and vulnerabilities within our Apache cloud honeypots to execute the attacks.

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Snap Trap: The Hidden Dangers Within Ubuntu's Package Suggestion System

Snap Trap: The Hidden Dangers Within Ubuntu's Package Suggestion System

Aqua Nautilus researchers have identified a security issue that arises from the interaction between Ubuntu's command-not-found package and the snap package repository. While command-not-found serves as a convenient tool for suggesting installations for uninstalled commands, it can be inadvertently manipulated by …

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Mitigating Leaky Vessels Vulnerabilities in runc, BuildKit and Moby with Aqua

Mitigating Leaky Vessels Vulnerabilities in runc, BuildKit and Moby with Aqua

On January 31, 2024, researchers revealed the discovery of four severe security vulnerabilities in the container ecosystem. These vulnerabilities, affecting key components including runc, BuildKit, Moby (Docker Engine), and Docker Desktop, pose significant risks to the security and integrity of applications that use …

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HeadCrab 2.0: Evolving Threat in Redis Malware Landscape

HeadCrab 2.0: Evolving Threat in Redis Malware Landscape

At the beginning of 2023, Aqua Nautilus researchers uncovered HeadCrab - an advanced threat actor utilizing a state-of-the-art, custom-made malware that compromised 1,200 Redis servers. As you know in the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, threat actors continually adapt and refine their techniques. Recently, our …

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

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

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 …

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Deceptive Deprecation: The Truth About npm Deprecated Packages

Deceptive Deprecation: The Truth About npm Deprecated Packages

Researchers at Aqua Nautilus found that 8.2% percent of the most downloaded npm packages are officially deprecated, but due to inconsistent practices in handling package dependencies, the real number is much larger, closer to 21.2%. Moreover, some package maintainers, when confronted with security flaws, deprecate …

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Apache Applications Targeted by Stealthy Attacker

Apache Applications Targeted by Stealthy Attacker

Researchers at Aqua Nautilus have uncovered a new attack targeting Apache Hadoop and Flink applications. This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware. The simplicity with which these techniques are employed presents a significant challenge to …
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The Ticking Supply Chain Attack Bomb of Exposed Kubernetes Secrets

The Ticking Supply Chain Attack Bomb of Exposed Kubernetes Secrets

Exposed Kubernetes secrets pose a critical threat of supply chain attack. Aqua Nautilus researchers found that the exposed Kubernetes secrets of hundreds of organizations and open-source projects allow access to sensitive environments in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and open a severe supply chain attack …

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50 Shades of Vulnerabilities: Uncovering Flaws in Open-Source Vulnerability Disclosures

50 Shades of Vulnerabilities: Uncovering Flaws in Open-Source Vulnerability Disclosures

Aqua Nautilus researchers evaluated the vulnerability disclosure process for tens of thousands of open-source projects and found flaws in the process. These flaws allowed harvesting the vulnerabilities before they were patched and announced. This could enable attackers to exploit security holes before the project's …

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Looney Tunables Vulnerability Exploited by Kinsing

Looney Tunables Vulnerability Exploited by Kinsing

Researchers from Aqua Nautilus have successfully intercepted Kinsing's experimental incursions into cloud environments. Utilizing a rudimentary yet typical PHPUnit vulnerability exploit attack, a component of Kinsing's ongoing campaign, we have uncovered the threat actor's manual efforts to manipulate the Looney …

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Exploited SSH Servers Offered in the Dark web as Proxy Pools

Exploited SSH Servers Offered in the Dark web as Proxy Pools

Aqua Nautilus researchers have shed brighter light on a long-standing threat to SSH in the context of the cloud. More specifically, the threat actor harnessed our SSH server to be a slave proxy and pass traffic through it. In this blog, we will explain this threat, demonstrate how attackers exploit SSH, what actions …

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