Tag: supply-chain
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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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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20 Popular npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
Multiple npm packages have been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack after a maintainer’s account was compromised in a phishing attack.The attack targeted Josh Junon (aka Qix), who received an email message that mimicked npm (“support@npmjs[.]help”), urging them to update their update their two-factor authentication (2FA) credentials before September 10, 2025, by…
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Supply-Chain-Angriff: NPM-Pakete mit 2,6 Milliarden Downloads pro Woche infiziert
Angreifer haben durch einen Malware in NPM-Pakete eingeschleust, die wöchentlich über 2,6 Milliarden Mal heruntergeladen werden. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/malware/npm-pakete-mit-26-milliarden-downloads-pro-woche-infiziert-320514.html
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Supply-Chain-Angriff: NPM-Pakete mit 2,6 Milliarden Downloads pro Woche infiziert
Angreifer haben durch einen Malware in NPM-Pakete eingeschleust, die wöchentlich über 2,6 Milliarden Mal heruntergeladen werden. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/malware/npm-pakete-mit-26-milliarden-downloads-pro-woche-infiziert-320514.html
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Supply-Chain-Angriff: NPM-Pakete mit 2,6 Milliarden Downloads pro Woche infiziert
Angreifer haben durch einen Malware in NPM-Pakete eingeschleust, die wöchentlich über 2,6 Milliarden Mal heruntergeladen werden. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/malware/npm-pakete-mit-26-milliarden-downloads-pro-woche-infiziert-320514.html
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Cyberresilienz einer der größten Wettbewerbsvorteile der Neuzeit
Analyse der IT-Sicherheitsvorfälle im ersten Halbjahr 2025 zeigt, dass Ransomware weiterhin dominiert und Cyberangriffe zunehmend Industrie und IT treffen. Riedel Networks, Anbieter von maßgeschneiderten IT-Security- und Netzwerkdienstleistungen, veröffentlicht seinen aktuellen Report mit über 100 dokumentierten IT-Sicherheitsvorfällen aus dem ersten Halbjahr 2025, von Phishing über Zero-Day-Attacken bis hin zu Schwachstellen in der Lieferkette, und zeigt,… First…
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Cyberresilienz einer der größten Wettbewerbsvorteile der Neuzeit
Analyse der IT-Sicherheitsvorfälle im ersten Halbjahr 2025 zeigt, dass Ransomware weiterhin dominiert und Cyberangriffe zunehmend Industrie und IT treffen. Riedel Networks, Anbieter von maßgeschneiderten IT-Security- und Netzwerkdienstleistungen, veröffentlicht seinen aktuellen Report mit über 100 dokumentierten IT-Sicherheitsvorfällen aus dem ersten Halbjahr 2025, von Phishing über Zero-Day-Attacken bis hin zu Schwachstellen in der Lieferkette, und zeigt,… First…
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Understanding the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): Why It Matters and How to Prepare
Key Takeaways For years, European companies have faced a patchwork of national laws pushing them to take responsibility for human rights and environmental issues tied to their business operations. France passed its Duty of Vigilance law in 2017. Germany followed with the EU Supply Chain Act in 2021. Each aimed to hold companies accountable not……
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Software packages with more than 2 billion weekly downloads hit in supply-chain attack
Incident hitting npm users is likely the biggest supply-chain attack ever. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/software-packages-with-more-than-2-billion-weekly-downloads-hit-in-supply-chain-attack/
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NPM Supply Chain Attack: Sophisticated Multi-Chain Cryptocurrency Drainer Infiltrates Popular Packages
A sophisticated npm supply chain attack compromised popular packages First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/npm-supply-chain-attack-sophisticated-multi-chain-cryptocurrency-drainer-infiltrates-popular-packages/
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NPM Supply Chain Attack: Sophisticated Multi-Chain Cryptocurrency Drainer Infiltrates Popular Packages
A sophisticated npm supply chain attack compromised popular packages First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/npm-supply-chain-attack-sophisticated-multi-chain-cryptocurrency-drainer-infiltrates-popular-packages/