Kubernetes threat matrix

When learning about the threat modeling process for cloud-native environments, it is important to learn about Kubernetes threats very closely; after all, Kubernetes is the most widely used vendor-agnostic cloud-native platform on the market today. With more and more companies transitioning into using Kubernetes as their cloud-native solution, attackers and security researchers have been trying to find novel attack vectors in compromising apps hosted in Kubernetes and, by extension, compromising the cluster itself.

In this section, we will use Microsoft’s Kubernetes threat matrix (https://microsoft.github.io/Threat-Matrix-for-Kubernetes/), as presented in the following screenshot, and will analyze the most infamous attack vectors that have been seen in the wild:

Figure 5.7 – Microsoft’s Kubernetes threat matrix

This threat matrix is inspired by the MITRE ATT&CK framework, a popular knowledge base and...