More than 40,000 Kubernetes and Docker containers discoverable on the internet - with many exposing personal data

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Too many containers are leaving the 'open sign' on, warns Unit42
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Too many containers are leaving the 'open sign' on, warns Unit42

One simple misconfiguration will expose enterprise apps and databases, warns Unit42

More than 40,000 Kubernetes and Docker containers are discoverable on the internet - with many misconfigured exposing personal information on databases that should not be publicly accessible. Th...

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