2.5 Admins 292: Trivyally Infected

About this episode

The episode discusses cybersecurity threats related to foreign routers and a significant supply chain attack affecting cloud environments.

The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage   News/discussion US bans any new consumer-grade routers not made in America National Security Determination on the Threat Posed by Routers Produced by Foreign Countries (pdf) 1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines   Free consulting We were asked about the safety of filesystems inside VMs.                 Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

People in this episode

Host: The Late Night Linux Family

Topics covered

• supply chain attack
• cybersecurity
• open source software
• VM safety
• malware
• government regulations

Keywords

• Trivy
• supply chain attack
• malware
• open source
• filesystems
• VMs
• cybersecurity
• US government
• consumer-grade routers

Sponsors

Automox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US government

Places: America, Iran

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