Supply-chain attacks compromise trusted vendors or dependencies, potentially reaching downstream systems; verify provenance and limit access before deployment.
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Supply chain is the network of suppliers, software developers, service providers, components, and processes used to build and deliver an organization’s products or services. In a security threat model, it extends the trust boundary beyond the organization: a compromised supplier account, build system, software dependency, update mechanism, or hardware component can introduce malicious code, expose credentials, or undermine systems used by many customers.
Effective protection starts with mapping critical suppliers, dependencies, data flows, and access, then applying risk-based due diligence and least-privilege, segmented access. For software, maintain an inventory such as a software bill of materials, verify signed artifacts and update provenance where feasible, and monitor dependencies for vulnerabilities or unexpected changes. Contracts and technical controls should support timely notification and investigation. Response plans should cover revoking supplier access, isolating affected versions or integrations, determining exposure, and coordinating remediation with the provider.
Ransomware, nation-state attacks, and supply chains were cited as the biggest threats in the Infosecurity Group's annual report
Supply chain and ransomware attacks increased dramatically this year, which explains why so many data breaches in this year's DBIR were grouped as system intrusion.
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This year's finalists tackle such vital security concerns as permissions management, software supply chain vulnerability, and data governance. Winners will be announced June 6.
2022’s DBIR also highlighted the far-reaching impact of supply-chain breaches and how organizations and their employees are the reasons why incidents occur.
If one word could sum up the 2021 infosecurity year (well, actually three), it would be these: "supply chain attack". A software supply chain attack happens when hackers manipulate the code in third-party software components to compromise the 'downstream' applications that use them. In 2021, we have seen a dramatic rise in such attacks: high profile security incidents like the SolarWinds,
More supply chain trouble - this time with clear examples so you can learn how to spot this stuff yourself.
Two trojanized Python and PHP packages have been uncovered in what's yet another instance of a software supply chain attack targeting the open source ecosystem
PyPI module 'ctx' that gets downloaded over 20,000 times a week has been compromised in a software supply chain attack with malicious versions stealing the developer's environment variables. Additionally, versions of a 'phpass' fork published to the PHP/Composer package repository Packagist had been altered to steal secrets. [...]
PyPI module 'ctx' that gets downloaded over 20,000 times a week has been compromised in a software supply chain attack with malicious versions stealing the developer's environment variables. Additionally, versions of a 'phpass' fork published to the PHP/Composer package repository Packagist had been altered to steal secrets. [...]
Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe Following the recent disclosure of a technique for hijacking certain NPM packages, security engineer Danish Tariq has proposed a defensive strategy for those looking to assess whether their web apps include dependencies tied to subvertable email domains.…