Tag: supply-chain
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Managed SOC für mehr Sicherheit
Tags: awareness, cloud, compliance, cyberattack, encryption, germany, infrastructure, nis-2, password, risk, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chainAls zentrale Einheit überwachen Fachleute im SOC die gesamte IT-Infrastruktur eines Unternehmens. Rund um die Uhr analysieren sie alle sicherheitsrelevanten Ereignisse in Echtzeit.Die Anforderungen an IT-Sicherheit haben sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten drastisch verändert. Während früher ein einfaches Passwort als Schutzmaßnahme genügte, sind heute mehrschichtige Sicherheitskonzepte erforderlich. Nur so können sich Unternehmen effektiv vor Cyberangriffen…
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Hackers left empty-handed after massive NPM supply-chain attack
The largest supply-chain compromise in the history of the NPM ecosystem has impacted roughly 10% of all cloud environments, but attackers made little profit off it. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-left-empty-handed-after-massive-npm-supply-chain-attack/
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We’ve crossed the security singularity – Impart Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, compliance, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, framework, group, hacker, incident response, injection, intelligence, Internet, msp, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, skills, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustThe Bottom Line: We’ve Crossed the Security Singularity “ The Security Singularity: When AI Democratized Cyberattacks We’ve crossed a threshold that fundamentally changes cybersecurity forever. Not with fanfare or headlines, but quietly, in the background of our AI-powered world. The expertise barrier that once separated script kiddies from sophisticated threat actors has simply… vanished. I…
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Ransomware upstart ‘The Gentlemen’ raises the stakes for OT”‘heavy sectors
Tags: access, attack, breach, ceo, ciso, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, group, healthcare, insurance, intelligence, least-privilege, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustHigh-stakes industries make prime targets: The attacks have been spread across 17 countries, with Thailand and the US being the top targets, followed by Venezuela and India. The Gentlemen ransomware group already has a victim count of 27, with manufacturing and construction industries being the key targets, followed by healthcare, insurance, and others.”These sectors are…
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What the Salesloft Drift breaches reveal about 4th-party risk
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, control, data, data-breach, email, exploit, google, hacker, incident response, intelligence, monitoring, risk, risk-assessment, saas, soc, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustFebruary 2024: SalesLoft acquires Drift, an AI-powered chatbot companyThe hidden legacy: Drift’s existing OAuth tokens to thousands of Salesforce and Google Workspace instances probably remained activeTime passes: Tokens and app permissions remain valid unless explicitly rotated or revoked.August 2025: Attackers abuse OAuth tokens associated with the Drift application to enumerate and exfiltrate Salesforce data; a…
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Huge NPM Supply Chain Attack Goes Out With Whimper
Threat actors phished Qix’s NPM account, then used their access to publish poisoned versions of 18 popular open source packages accounting for more than 2 billion weekly downloads. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/huge-npm-supply-chain-attack-whimper
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Malicious npm Code Reached 10% of Cloud Environments
Wiz Security warns that a recently discovered supply chain attack campaign targeting npm is far from over First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/malicious-npm-code-10-cloud/
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Huge NPM Supply-Chain Attack Goes Out With Whimper
Threat actors phished Qix’s NPM account, then used their access to publish poisoned versions of 18 popular open-source packages accounting for more than 2 billion weekly downloads. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/huge-npm-supply-chain-attack-whimper
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Supply chain attack targets npm, +2 Billion weekly npm downloads exposed
Multiple popular npm packages were compromised in a supply chain attack after a maintainer fell for a phishing email targeting 2FA credentials. A supply chain attack compromised multiple popular npm packages with 2B weekly downloads after a maintainer fell for a phishing email mimicking npm, targeting 2FA credentials. Threat actors targeted Josh Junon’s (Qix) to…
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Hackers Compromise 18 NPM Packages in Supply Chain Attack
Attacker Socially Engineered Developer With Phishing Email. A hacker laced 18 popular npm packages with cryptocurrency stealing malware after socially engineering the developer into giving up his credentials to the JavaScript runtime environment. Aikido Security said the 18 software packages collectively have downloads of more than two billion each week. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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GitHub Breach Exposed 700+ Companies in Months-Long Attack
Cybersecurity investigators say a massive supply-chain attack affecting over 700 companies began with a seemingly minor GitHub breach earlier this year. Salesloft first disclosed a security issue in the Drift application on Aug. 21, then shared more details about malicious OAuth token abuse five days later. According to an investigation by Mandiant, which is aiding…
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Salesloft Drift Security Breach Expands: Dozens of Companies Confirm Exposure in OAuth-Based Cyberattack
Tags: breach, cloud, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, saas, software, supply-chainA Salesloft Drift cyberattack has compromised the Salesforce environments of numerous organizations, exposing customer data and credentials in a growing software supply chain incident. Triggered by a compromise of OAuth tokens used in the Drift chatbot’s integration with Salesforce, the Salesloft Drift security breach has impacted companies across cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and SaaS industries.…
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How One Phishing Email Compromised 18 npm Packages and Billions of Installs
On September 8, 2025, a single phishing email triggered one of npm’s most damaging supply chain attacks, compromising 18 popular JavaScript packages with over 2.6 billion weekly downloads. By tricking a maintainer into revealing credentials and 2FA codes, attackers injected crypto-stealing malware into widely used libraries. This blog unpacks how it happened, which packages were…
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GitHub Actions missbraucht
Mit der neuen Angriffskampagne “GhostAction” haben es Cyberkriminelle auf die GitHub-Lieferkette abgesehen.Sicherheitsforscher von GitGuardian haben eine neue Angriffskampagne namens ‘GhostAction” aufgedeckt, die die GitHub-Lieferkette ins Visier nimmt. Dabei manipulieren die Angreifer GitHub-Actions-Workflows, also die automatisierten Prozesse, die in einem GitHub-Repository als Reaktion auf spezifische Eventsdefiniert sind. So konnten die Cyberkriminellen laut den Forschern 3.325 Secrets…
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GitHub Actions missbraucht
Mit der neuen Angriffskampagne “GhostAction” haben es Cyberkriminelle auf die GitHub-Lieferkette abgesehen.Sicherheitsforscher von GitGuardian haben eine neue Angriffskampagne namens ‘GhostAction” aufgedeckt, die die GitHub-Lieferkette ins Visier nimmt. Dabei manipulieren die Angreifer GitHub-Actions-Workflows, also die automatisierten Prozesse, die in einem GitHub-Repository als Reaktion auf spezifische Eventsdefiniert sind. So konnten die Cyberkriminellen laut den Forschern 3.325 Secrets…
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Massive npm supply chain attack hits 18 popular packages with 2B weekly downloads
Tags: api, attack, blockchain, breach, crypto, data, detection, email, finance, github, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, risk, strategy, supply-chain, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityFinancial impact surprisingly limited: Despite affecting packages with 2 billion weekly downloads, the actual financial impact was surprisingly modest. “We were tracking approximately $970 in stolen funds to attacker-controlled wallets,” Eriksen said, highlighting a significant disconnect between the attack’s potential reach and its realized damage.This limited financial impact reflected both the attackers’ operational carelessness and…
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Massive npm supply chain attack hits 18 popular packages with 2B weekly downloads
Tags: api, attack, blockchain, breach, crypto, data, detection, email, finance, github, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, risk, strategy, supply-chain, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityFinancial impact surprisingly limited: Despite affecting packages with 2 billion weekly downloads, the actual financial impact was surprisingly modest. “We were tracking approximately $970 in stolen funds to attacker-controlled wallets,” Eriksen said, highlighting a significant disconnect between the attack’s potential reach and its realized damage.This limited financial impact reflected both the attackers’ operational carelessness and…
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Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack Forces Extended Factory Shutdown and Disrupts Global Operations
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been forced to extend the shutdown of its UK manufacturing operations following a cyberattack on August 31. The Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack has halted vehicle production across multiple facilities and impacted its global supply chain, with disruptions reaching as far as Slovakia, China, and India. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump…
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Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack Forces Extended Factory Shutdown and Disrupts Global Operations
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been forced to extend the shutdown of its UK manufacturing operations following a cyberattack on August 31. The Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack has halted vehicle production across multiple facilities and impacted its global supply chain, with disruptions reaching as far as Slovakia, China, and India. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump…
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Open Source Community Thwarts Massive npm Supply Chain Attack
What could have been a historic supply chain attack seems to have been averted due to the rapid response of the open source community First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/npm-supply-chain-attack-averted/
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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Supply-Chain-Angriff: NPM-Pakete mit Milliarden von Downloads kompromittiert
Ein erfolgreicher Phishing-Angriff erschüttert das Javascript-Ökosystem. Eine Malware hat ihren Weg in zahlreiche prominente NPM-Pakete gefunden. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/supply-chain-angriff-npm-pakete-mit-milliarden-von-downloads-kompromittiert-2509-199901.html
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71% of CISOs hit with third-party security incident this year
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, backdoor, breach, ceo, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, incident response, intelligence, malicious, malware, open-source, penetration-testing, phishing, programming, pypi, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, security-incident, service, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, toolSoftware supply chain threats: The software supply chain is heavily reliant on code developed by third-party developers, something only likely to increase with the advent of AI.Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of open-source software security vendor Sonatype, says that “enormously complex” software supply chains pose a growing threat.”Too many organizations have no idea what open-source…
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71% of CISOs hit with third-party security incident this year
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, backdoor, breach, ceo, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, incident response, intelligence, malicious, malware, open-source, penetration-testing, phishing, programming, pypi, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, security-incident, service, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, toolSoftware supply chain threats: The software supply chain is heavily reliant on code developed by third-party developers, something only likely to increase with the advent of AI.Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of open-source software security vendor Sonatype, says that “enormously complex” software supply chains pose a growing threat.”Too many organizations have no idea what open-source…