Inside Look at a Chinese Operational Relay Network
Michael Torres, Zane Hoffman
DEF CON 33 · Day 2 · Main Stage
Michael Torres (MTU) and Zane Hoffman (Earl) present a months-long investigation that began with a simple research question — "what secrets are people accidentally publishing in Docker Hub container i
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Docker Hub scanning project escalates from generic secret detection to full technical reconstruction of a PRC-based operational relay network, yielding SSH root keys, complete infrastructure blueprints, credential templates, BT Panel 0-days, a malicious PyPI package, and a Cobalt Strike listener log. Methodologically creative and entertainingly documented.