Digging into AWS Fargate runtime security approaches: Beyond ptrace and LD_PRELOAD

AWS Fargate offers a compelling value proposition by allowing users to focus on software development without managing virtual machines, but it presents challenges in achieving deep visibility for security purposes due to limited OS access. Traditional instrumentation techniques like LD_PRELOAD and ptrace either lack accuracy or efficiency, complicating security measures for Fargate workloads. Sysdig addresses this with a new patented technology that optimizes the open-source pdig framework to provide precise data capture with minimal overhead, even for languages like Go. This advanced Fargate instrumentation offers the same level of security and performance as traditional kernel-based methods, ensuring comprehensive visibility and protection for serverless applications.