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Container Security Threats Added to MITRE Attack Framework

July 8, 2021

Aqua Security is building a Container Framework that will be incorporated into a larger cybersecurity framework that MITRE Corp created to help organizations better defend themselves against cyberattacks.

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Aqua Security: 50% of new Docker instances attacked within 56 minutes

June 26, 2021

Between June 2019 and December 2020, the team at Aqua observed that botnets are swiftly finding and infecting new hosts as they become vulnerable. The team observed 17,358 individual “honeypot” attacks with increased sophistication in terms of privilege escalation, hiding and persistence.

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Aqua Trivy Chosen as the New Default Container Scanner for GitLab

June 22, 2021

BOSTON – June 22, 2021 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, today announces that Aqua Trivy is now the default open source container scanner for GitLab Container Scanning functionality. Customers can now automatically scan the GitLab CI pipeline container artifacts for OS package vulnerabilities. This change will take place as part of GitLab’s 14.0 release and …

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Aqua Trivy Chosen as the New Official Default Container Scanner for GitLab

June 22, 2021

Aqua Security announced that Aqua Trivy is now the default scanner for GitLab Auto DevOps. Customers can now automatically scan the GitLab CI pipeline for OS package vulnerabilities. This change will take place as part of GitLab’s 14.0 release and is based on the results of a publicly available solution comparison and research process.

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Aqua Trivy Chosen as the New Default Container Scanner for GitLab

June 22, 2021

Moving forward, both Aqua Trivy and Aqua Starboard will form a fundamental part of GitLab’s container scanning roadmap, enabling users with best-in-class default security options.

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Aqua Security Launches on AWS CloudFormation Public Registry for IaC Automation

June 22, 2021

BOSTON – June 21, 2021 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, today announced its participation in the launch of the AWS CloudFormation Public Registry, with a published listing to enable customers to easily discover, seamlessly provision, and scale the Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform into their Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) environments. …

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Aqua Security’s Cloud Native Threat Report Reveals Sophisticated New Attacks in the Wild on Container Supply Chains and Infrastructure

June 21, 2021

BOSTON – June 21, 2021 – Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, today published new research from Team Nautilus revealing a continued rise in cyberattacks targeting container infrastructure and supply chains, and showing that it can now take less than one hour to exploit vulnerable container infrastructure. The Cloud Native Threat Report: Attacks in the …

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50% of misconfigured containers hit by botnets in under an hour

June 21, 2021

Assaf Morag, lead data analyst with Aqua’s Team Nautilus, said this discovery underscores the significance of detecting and fixing cloud misconfigurations promptly or preventing them from occurring before app deployment. Morag said security pros need to understand that the slightest misconfiguration might expose their containers and Kubernetes clusters to a cyberattack.

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