Redis is no longer open source. In March 2024 the project was relicensed, leaving its vast community confused. But the community did not give up, and started work to fork Redis to keep it open. On my recent OpenObservabilty Talks episode, I delved into Valkey, a prominent fork of Redis. Valkey was established under The Linux Foundation by former Redis maintainers, and brought … [Read more...] about Redis is No Longer Open Source. Is Valkey the Successor?
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FOSS in Flux: Redis Relicensing and the Future of Open Source
In the past few years we’ve been witnessing tectonic shifts in the open source realm, with established projects taken off open source or otherwise turning to the dark side. On the other hand, we’ve seen active forks aiming to keep these projects open gaining momentum. What does it mean for the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement? Is this a trend or just a passing … [Read more...] about FOSS in Flux: Redis Relicensing and the Future of Open Source
How to Monitor Redis with Prometheus
The current popularity of Redis is well deserved; it’s one of the best caching engines available and it addresses numerous use cases – including distributed locking, geospatial indexing, rate limiting, and more. Redis is so widely used today that many major cloud providers, including The Big 3 — offer it as one of their managed services. In this article, we’ll look at how to … [Read more...] about How to Monitor Redis with Prometheus
Stealthy HeadCrab Malware Compromised Over 1,200 Redis Servers
Feb 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananDatabase Security / Cryptocurrency At least 1,200 Redis database servers worldwide have been corralled into a botnet using an "elusive and severe threat" dubbed HeadCrab since early September 2021. "This advanced threat actor utilizes a state-of-the-art, custom-made malware that is undetectable by agentless and traditional anti-virus solutions to … [Read more...] about Stealthy HeadCrab Malware Compromised Over 1,200 Redis Servers
Over 39,000 Unauthenticated Redis Instances Found Exposed on the Internet
An unknown attacker targeted tens of thousands of unauthenticated Redis servers exposed on the internet in an attempt to install a cryptocurrency miner. It's not immediately known if all of these hosts were successfully compromised. Nonetheless, it was made possible by means of a "lesser-known technique" designed to trick the servers into writing data to arbitrary files – a … [Read more...] about Over 39,000 Unauthenticated Redis Instances Found Exposed on the Internet