Posts on devsecops
41 posts on devsecops. Notes from public sources and my own test lab.
Green Ticks Won’t Save You: The End of Security Theater
Compliance is just an illusion of security. Real attackers don't care about your SOC2 or ISO 27001 certificates when they find a simple logic flaw.
Automation Won’t Save You: The False Sense of Security in DevSecOps
Security tools without context are just technical debt. From my time in the field, I've seen how over-automation actually creates more vulnerabilities than it fixes.
Not the Backdoor, but the Front Door: Metabase and the 'Secure' Internal Tools Fallacy
A deep dive into the Metabase zero-day and why the 'internal network is safe' mindset is a dangerous myth in modern DevSecOps environments.
Trivy: Leveraging the Swiss Army Knife of Container Security
Why looking for CVEs isn't enough. My experience with Trivy in DevSecOps pipelines and how it exposes the 'security illusion' beyond just image scanning.
Vulnerabilities Behind the Surface: Navigating Container Depths with Trivy
Container security is more than just a checkbox. Explore how Trivy uncovers critical vulnerabilities in images and why static analysis is vital for DevSecOps.
Trivy: Silent Sentry or CI/CD Pipeline Headache?
A deep dive into using Trivy for container and IaC security, from midnight pipeline failures to managing false positives in a DevSecOps workflow.
Trojan in the Mailbox: Zimbra and the Invisible Leak
A deep dive into why enterprise mail platforms like Zimbra remain a goldmine for attackers and how DevSecOps can mitigate zero-day risks.
Midnight Signal: SonicWall and the Broken Perimeters
A 3:14 AM alert, cold coffee, and a flashing dashboard. PulseCom's VPN gateway is acting up. Let's talk about the SonicWall SMA 100 series zero-day.
The Shift Left Illusion: Are We Building Security or Just Generating Noise?
Why are remediation times still 200+ days if we're 'shifting left'? A deep dive into the trap of over-relying on automated security tools in CI/CD.
Invisible Danger: The Ghost in the Images and AI Agents
A deep dive into how 'Ghostcommit' turns simple image uploads into sophisticated prompt injection attacks against AI-driven DevSecOps workflows.
A Stowaway on the Container Ship: Hidden Dangers Behind Images and Safe Harbors
We used to brag about uptime records; now we get suspicious if a container lives longer than five minutes. Let's dive into why 'it’s dockerized' doesn't mean 'it's secure' and how to stop hidden threats in your image layers.
A Fox in the K8s Henhouse: RBAC Vulnerabilities and the Art of Container Escape
It's 4:12 AM, and a simple customer-feedback pod is suddenly trying to list all secrets in the production cluster. Let's dive into how over-privileged service accounts and lazy RBAC configurations turn a minor entry point into a full-blown cluster takeover.