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"We're not internet-facing, so we're not at risk, so we're not concerned with security." Standard misconception. I once worked with a team running a large Hadoo
by jimt1234 5y ago
"We're not internet-facing, so we're not at risk, so we're not concerned with security." Standard misconception. I once worked with a team running a large Hadoop cluster. Everything in a private network. Nothing internet-facing. No risk, right? Well, a Python library they were importing got compromised and was using all their nodes to mine Monero. Oops! The cluster had been running for weeks. The only reason anyone knew about it was the performance of the cluster was terrible; all the CPUs were maxed, yet no jobs were running.
- pojzon 5y agoThis example is a borderline case. This means that not only they got hacked but also pip repo they were using. Which means that their provider also did not run any dependency scans. Tho if they fetched that from github open source repo -> yup thats just incompetence.