Shift to Microservices: Evolve Your Security Practices & Container Security

Understand the best practices of shifting left to change your DevOps into DevSecOps. Your security health will get a serious boost. The post Shift to Microservices: Evolve Your Security Practices & Container Security appeared first on Wallarm Blog...

Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private for Data is affected by an issue with runc used by Docker

Summary IBM Cloud Private for Data is affected by an issue with runc used by Docker. The vulnerability allows a malicious container to overwrite the host runc binary and thus gain root-level code execution on the host. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-5736 DESCRIPTION: Runc could allow a loc...

This Week in Security News: New Zero-Day Vulnerability Findings and Mobile Phishing Scams

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how music festival goers need to be on guard for phishing attacks when trying to find a lost iPhone. Also, read how Trend Micro...

CVE-2019-11249

The kubectl cp command allows copying files between containers and the user machine. To copy files from a container, Kubernetes runs tar inside the container to create a tar archive, copies it over the network, and kubectl unpacks it on the user’s machine. If the tar binary in the container is...

CVE-2019-11246

The kubectl cp command allows copying files between containers and the user machine. To copy files from a container, Kubernetes runs tar inside the container to create a tar archive, copies it over the network, and kubectl unpacks it on the user’s machine. If the tar binary in the container is...

CVE-2019-11245

CVE-2019-11245 affects kubelet in Kubernetes (v1.13.6 and v1.14.2). If pods do not specify runAsUser and mustRunAsNonRoot is not set, the kubelet may run containers as uid 0 (root) on container restart or when an image has been pulled. If mustRunAsNonRoot: true is set, the kubelet will refuse to ...

Palo Alto Networks Twistlock console boost vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks Twistlock console is a container security suite. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Twistlock console version 19.07.358 and prior versions, which can be exploited by an attacker to elevate privileges...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14806

Pallets Werkzeug before 0.15.3, when used with Docker, has insufficient debugger PIN randomness because Docker containers share the same machine id...

CVE-2019-14271

In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library aka glibc, code injection can occur when the nsswitch facility dynamically loads a library inside a chroot that contains the contents of the container...

Boosting Your Linux & Docker Security with CB LiveOps

Today we’re excited to announce Linux support for CB LiveOps, Carbon Black’s real-time endpoint query & remediation solution that helps security teams audit and change the state of their systems. This release expands the product’s footprint to cover all major operating systems, including Amazon...

Alpine Docker Image Vulnerability (CVE-2019-5021): How to Detect and Fix

A vulnerability affecting the official Alpine Docker images version =3.3 contains a null password for the root user. Due to the nature of this issue, systems deployed using affected versions of the Alpine Linux container that utilize Linux PAM, or some other mechanism that uses the system shadow...

CVE-2019-10145

rkt through version 1.30.0 does not isolate processes in containers that are run with rkt enter. Processes run with rkt enter do not have seccomp filtering during stage 2 the actual environment in which the applications run. Compromised containers could exploit this flaw to access host resources...

CVE-2019-10145

CVE-2019-10145 affects rkt up to version 1.30.0. The issue: containers started with rkt enter do not isolate processes and lack seccomp filtering during stage 2, allowing a compromised container to access host resources. Documents consistently describe the vulnerability without providing explicit...

CVE-2019-10144

CVE-2019-10144 affects rkt up to version 1.30.0. In containers started with rkt enter, processes are granted all capabilities during stage 2, which could allow compromised containers to access host resources. The connected documents confirm the root cause is lack of isolation in this scenario and...

BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...

BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...

The Next Enterprise Challenge: How Best to Secure Containers and Monolithic Apps Together, Company-wide

Submitted by: Adam Boyle, Head of Product Management, Hybrid Cloud Security, Trend Micro When it comes to software container security, it’s important for enterprises to look at the big picture, taking into account how they see containers affecting their larger security requirements and future...

CVE-2019-1002101

Summary (CVE-2019-1002101): The kubectl cp path traversal vulnerability arises when copying files from a container to the user machine. Kubernetes creates a tar inside the container, which is streamed and unpacked on the user side; if the container’s tar binary is malicious, it can run code and c...

RSAC 2019: Container Escape Hack Targets Vulnerable Linux Kernel

Researchers at CyberArk have created a proof-of-concept attack that allows adversaries to bypass container security, escape the container and compromise an entire host system. However, the attack scenario is limited, in that a successful attack depends on unpatched vulnerabilities to be present i...

Attacking Containers and runC

This week a new vulnerability was published CVE-2019-5736 that highlights everything bad and good about containers. Simply put, this vulnerability can be exploited using an infected container to attack the host. It’s a real world example of a breakout attack that has long been a major concern in...