Container company Docker has acquired startup SocketPlane and its six-strong team to help add standard networking interfaces to Docker for increased portability of multi-container distributed apps.

Hackers have been spotted using the Docker Engine API to target various containers with cryptojackers and other malware. Cybersecurity researchers at Datadog, who recently observed one such campaign ...

Exposed Docker APIs continue to be used by attackers to create new containers that perform cryptojacking. Earlier this year we reported on attackers utilizing insecure Docker and Kubernetes systems to ...

Threat actors are targeting cloud-based networks by exploiting misconfigured Docker APIs to gain access to containerized environments, then using the anonymity of Tor to hide their deployment of ...

Attackers are actively scanning for exposed Docker APIs on port 2375 and use them to deploy a malicious payload which drops a Dofloo Trojan variant, a malware known as a popular tool for building ...

The new variant of Docker-targeting malware skips cryptomining in favor of persistence, backdoors, and even blocking rivals from accessing exposed APIs. A newly discovered strain of a cryptomining ...

Campaign exploits misconfigured Docker APIs to gain network entry and ultimately sets up a backdoor on compromised hosts to mine cryptocurrency. Hackers behind a cryptomining campaign have managed to ...

A new attack campaign deploys malicious container images on cloud servers by exploiting insecure Docker Engine API endpoints. The malicious image contains a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet ...

Cybersecurity researchers from Cado Security recently discovered an advanced new cryptojacking campaign that targets exposed Docker API endpoints over the internet The campaign, called “Commando Cat”, ...

Microsoft Open Technologies has been hard at work making sure its code works with the new Docker Orchestration APIs for spinning up containers. DockerCon 14 EU is taking place in Amsterdam this week, ...