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Sahad Mk

Sahad Mk

Senior Penetration Test Engineer experienced in VAPT, specializing in finding and fixing vulnerabilities across web apps, mobile platforms, APIs, infrastructure, and thick clients.

Hacking Unauthenticated Docker Registries – From Discovery to Exploitation

From discovery to breach: A docker registry security story

Security

Imagine this: It’s a quiet Sunday morning. At a fast-growing tech startup, Acme Inc., the DevOps team’s lead, Jane, is enjoying her coffee when she gets an urgent message. Several production containers are behaving strangely. In hours, the root cause becomes painfully clear—a misconfigured Docker Registry has