MongoDB and ElasticSearch Clusters WIPED! The Meow attack and how Backend Engineers can prevent it

Bob Diachenko discovered an attack on MongoDB and ElasticSearch clustered that are unsecured. We discuss this attack in detail and how we as Backend Engineers can secure our databases.   0:00 The Meow Attack again MongoDB & ElasticSearch 1:43 How does it work? 5:00 Scope of the Attack 6:00 How Backup & MVCC Help 8:30 What does “Unsecure” mean? 11:00 Protecting Database Instances