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Implementing Active Security with Sysdig Falco ...

Implementing Active Security with Sysdig Falco - Docker Barcelona Meetup

Woah! We have our application deployed in a cluster and ready to manage or fleet of containers. And is really awesome, we can scale them automatically! But, but... WTF?! What does it mean this message about "File below a known binary directory opened for writing"? Which container opened a file under /bin to write in among the other 9813 containers in my deployment?

When you are managing a Docker cluster with a lot of nodes and containers, finding which one originates the alert may be cumbersome. Time matters and the faster we can react to a security issue the better to avoid greater damage.

Automation is an important point in DevSecOps mindset, and in this talk we are going to learn how to implement custom playbooks with Open Source Software and deploy it using serverless technology for deploying an active security system which uses Sysdig Falco for detecting security threats.

Néstor Salceda

September 27, 2018
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  1. @nestorsalceda • I work at Sysdig • Security and Monitoring

    passionate • Open Source enthusiast • Daddy of twins • Kubernetes member: Maintainer of Sysdig and Falco Helm charts • Judo, Aikido and other Gendai Budo martial arts lover
  2. Active Security and Response Engine CNCF Flavor: NATS & Kubeless

    approach AWS Flavor: SNS & Lambda approach Layers of Container Security Agenda What is Sysdig Falco?
  3. Vulnerability Management: • Upstream OS • Application Vulnerabilities Image /

    Software Provenance: • Signed Images / Layers • Artifact Signing Build
  4. • Detects suspicious activity defined by a set of rules

    • Uses Sysdig’s flexible and powerful filtering expressions Behavioral Activity Monitor • Uses Sysdig’s container and orchestrator support Full Support of Containers Orchestration Flexible Notification Methods Open Source Software • Files • STDOUT • Syslog • Execute other programs • And more ... • Welcome contributions • Transparency
  5. Filter expressions A shell is run in a container container.id

    != host and proc.name = bash Overwrite system binaries fd.directory in (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin) and write Container namespace change evt.type = setns and not proc.name in (docker, sysdig) Non-device files written in /dev (evt.type = create or evt.arg.flags contains O_CREAT) and proc.name != blkid and fd.directory = /dev and fd.name != /dev/null Process tries to access camera evt.type = open and fd.name = /dev/video0 and not proc.name in (skype, webex)
  6. falco_probe Kernel Module Kernel User Syscalls Sysdig Libraries Events Alerting

    Falco Rules Suspicious Events File Syslog Stdout Filter Expression Shell
  7. More rules implemented in draios/falco-extras repository: • Traefik • Redis

    • Nginx • PostgreSQL Falco ships with a nice default ruleset for best practices: • Writing files in bin or etc • Reading sensitive files • Terminal spawning in a container Batteries included
  8. Rules - macro: bin_dir condition: fd.directory in (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,

    /usr/sbin) - list: shell_binaries items: [bash, csh, ksh, sh, tcsh, zsh, dash] - rule: write_binary_dir desc: an attempt to write to any file below a set of binary directories condition: bin_dir and evt.dir = < and open_write and not package_mgmt_procs output: "File below a known binary directory opened for writing (user=%user.name command=%proc.cmdline file=%fd.name)" priority: WARNING
  9. Breaches may extend for days or weeks before detected Attacks

    are changing to abuse activities rather than data exfiltration Ephemeral nature of containers may mean you were breached but may never know Many security paradigms are still reactive Current Security Challenges
  10. Don’t let that Kubeless code spreads in your codebase Command

    Design Pattern Respect PubSub rules TDD with Playbooks What worked well?
  11. Don’t assume anything from your execution environment If you don’

    t test your software, your users will do Welcome changes. Even in late phases. Same old story ...
  12. Functions looks like a good fit for react to monitoring

    events Do not rely on your infrastructure, make it swappable Containers adds more infrastructure, layers and risks. But we have seen them before: DDoS, Injections ... Just a quick summary