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A runtime security approach to detecting supply chain attacks

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by Lorenzo Susini, Detection Engineer
A runtime security approach to detecting supply chain attacks | Datadog Security Labs
Detecting software supply chain attacks through runtime security.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Datadog threat roundup: Top insights for Q3 2025

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Datadog threat roundup: Top insights for Q3 2025 | Datadog Security Labs
Threat insights from Datadog Security Labs for Q3 2025.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our State of Cloud Security 2025 study is out!

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• On AWS, 40% of organizations leverage data perimeters
• 11% of Google Cloud GKE and 23% of Google Cloud VMs are overprivileged
• On Azure, 1.3% of storage containers are public, 58% proactively block public access
State of Cloud Security | Datadog
For our 2025 report, we analyzed AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure data from thousands of organizations to understand the latest trends in cloud security posture.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In case you missed it, the August edition of the Datadog Security Digest went out last week!

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Q2 threat report, prompt injection, and fwd:cloudsec Europe | Datadog Security Labs
This edition covers Datadog's Q2 threat report, new cloud security research, AI security vulnerabilities, application security findings, and upcoming community events
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September 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
MCP vulnerability case study: SQL injection in the Postgres MCP server. Comes with a full reproducible proof-of-concept

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by Santiago Mola
MCP vulnerability case study: SQL injection in the Postgres MCP server | Datadog Security Labs
Learn how vulnerability in Anthropic's reference Postgres MCP server allowed us to bypass teh read-only restriction and execute arbitrary SQL statements.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The July edition of the Datadog Security Digest is out!

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• Cloud image investigator by @sethsec.bsky.social
• Our top picks for Black Hat / DEF CON
• A benchmark for LLM coding accuracy and security
• Malicious Homebrew installation campaign
.. and more
Preparing for Hacker Summer Camp and a new cloud image investigator | Datadog Security Labs
This month’s digest covers Hacker Summer Camp prep, a new cloud image investigator, and supply-chain vulnerabilities associated with the Open VSX Registry.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Datadog guide to Hacker Summer Camp 2025, amd the top 50 talks we're excited about

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Datadog guide to Hacker Summer Camp 2025 | Datadog Security Labs
Get ready to take on Hacker Summer Camp with our guide on planning, prepping, and schedules for Datadog events.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Beyond Mimo’lette: Tracking Mimo's Expansion to Magento CMS and Docker

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Beyond Mimo’lette: Tracking Mimo's Expansion to Magento CMS and Docker | Datadog Security Labs
This post reports on activity from the 'Mimo' threat actor.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Kubernetes security fundamentals, part 7: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

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by @mccune.org.uk
Kubernetes security fundamentals: PKI | Datadog Security Labs
A look at how PKI configuration in Kubernetes clusters works
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July 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
CVE-2025-48384: Git vulnerable to arbitrary file write on non-Windows systems

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CVE-2025-48384: Git vulnerable to arbitrary file write on non-Windows systems | Datadog Security Labs
Learn more about the emerging vulnerability affecting Git.
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July 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Reposted by Datadog Security Labs
Stratus Red Team AWS attack techniques are now mapped to the Threat Technique Catalog for AWS

Stratus Red Team AWS attack techniques: stratus-red-team.cloud/attack-techn...

Threat Technique Catalog by AWS: aws-samples.github.io/threat-techn...
June 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
fwd:cloudsec is around the corner! Don't miss these 3 talks from Datadog researchers Seth Sec, Katie Knowles, Greg Foss, and Anthony Randazzo.

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June 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The obfuscation game: Threat actor targets Solidity developers via malicious VS Code extensions

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(published May 21, 2025)
The obfuscation game: MUT-9332 targets Solidity developers via malicious VS Code extensions | Datadog Security Labs
Analysis of a threat actor campaign targeting Solidity developers via three malicious VS Code extensions
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June 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Tales from the cloud trenches: The Attacker doth persist too much, methinks"

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New tactics observed include:
• Persistence-as-a-service with an external facing API Gateway
• Persistence through AWS SSO
• ConsoleLogin events from Telegram IP addresses
Tales from the cloud trenches: The Attacker doth persist too much, methinks | Datadog Security Labs
A cloud attack targeting Amazon SES and persistence via AWS Lambda, AWS IAM Identity Center and AWS IAM
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May 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
RedisRaider: Weaponizing misconfigured Redis to mine cryptocurrency at scale

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RedisRaider: Weaponizing misconfigured Redis to mine cryptocurrency at scale | Datadog Security Labs
Learn how RedisRaider is targeting publicly accecesibly Redis servers to mine crypocurrency.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Datadog Security Labs
My colleague, Sebastian Obregoso, and I had the privilege of writing a guest post for OpenSSF's blog on how we detect malicious open source packages at @securitylabs.datadoghq.com using GuardDog.

Check it out here: openssf.org/blog/2025/03...
GuardDog: Strengthening Open Source Security Against Supply Chain Attacks – Open Source Security Foundation
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April 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The March edition of the Datadog Security Digest is out!

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• New MITRE ATT&CK coverage matrix in Stratus Red Team
• Compromised GitHub actions
• Malicious Maven packages
• Exploitation of SSRF vulnerabilities on the rise
• ... and more
Malicious Maven packages, SSRFs strike again, and stealing cloud credentials from web applications | Datadog Security Labs
This month’s digest has a little bit of everything—cloud threats, supply chain attacks, and a reminder that yes, attackers are still exploiting SSRFs.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM