17 Backdoored Malicious Images Removed From Docker Hub, But Are You Really Any Safer?

Fei Huang Docker Security

By Fei Huang Docker Hub recently removed 17 backdoored Docker images. This action came after Fortinet reported some cryptomining activity which linked back to these images. Here are some of the interesting facts: Backdoors were hidden inside the MySQL and Tomcat images, which are some of the most popular application containers on Docker Hub. These backdoored images were uploaded as …