supply chain compromise

Software supply chain attacks jumped over 300% in 2021
Software supply chain attacks grew by more than 300% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a study by Argon Security. According to the study, researchers discovered attackers …

Supply chain disruptions rose in 2021
56% of businesses experienced more supply chain disruptions in 2021 than 2020, a Hubs report reveals. Last year was marked by a number of challenges, including computer chip …

Supply chain cybersecurity: Pain or pleasure?
Whatever sector your business operates in, you will depend on third parties to provide you with goods and services to support what you do. Whether you are a small printing …

Why is trust in legacy vendors on shaky ground?
A Vanson Bourne survey report highlights ransomware payout demands and extortion fees are massively increasing, while trust in legacy IT vendors has dipped and organizations …

The ripple effect: Why protection against supply chain attacks is a must
The SolarWinds attack continues to send ripples across the world of cybersecurity. For the uninitiated, this form of cyber attack was like a gradual spread of poison, and its …

Malicious Python packages employ advanced detection evasion techniques
JFrog researchers have discovered 11 malicious Python packages on PyPI, the official third-party package repository for Python, which have been collectively downloaded over …

Retail industry security incidents soaring, worsened by the supply chain crisis
Imperva’s 12-month analysis on cybersecurity risks in the retail industry suggests that the 2021 holiday shopping season will be further disrupted by cybercriminals …

A ransomware reality check for CISOs
The rising tide of ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors has reached unprecedented heights. Now at the top of many CISOs’ agendas, a confluence of …

Trojan Source bugs may lead to extensive supply-chain attacks on source code
Cambridge University researchers have detailed a new way targeted vulnerabilities can be introduced into source code while making them invisible to human code reviewers, …

Popular npm package hijacked, modified to deliver cryptominers
Several versions of the npm package for UA-parser.js, a widely used JavaScript library, have been modified to include malicious code and have been made available for download. …

Executives’ top concern in Q3 2021? New ransomware models
The threat of “new ransomware models” was the top concern facing executives in the third quarter of 2021, according to Gartner. Concerns about ransomware topped …

Organizations lack basic cybersecurity practices to combat the growing tide of ransomware
Organizations are not equipped to defend against ransomware due to deficiencies in implementing and sustaining basic cybersecurity practices, including managing privileged …
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