How to close attack vectors for exposed secrets in Docker

Cybernews recently reported 5,500 out of 10,000 public docker images contained 48,000+ sensitive secrets - a combination of harmless and potentially vulnerable API keys. This report illustrates why it's imperative that security and platform teams know the most common attack vectors for their Docker containers and understand how to close them.

This post will provide a brief checklist of the various attack vectors into your Docker containers specifically originating from exposed secrets.

Docker and exposed secrets

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