New research finds open-source code accelerated supply chain cyberattacks in 2023

AXIOS January 16, 2024
Sam Sabin

Open-source code and legitimate hacking tools have contributed to the rising popularity of a once-rare and complicated type of cyberattack, according to new research shared exclusively with Axios.

Why it matters: Malicious hackers of all levels — from nation-state groups to lower-level cybercriminals — have gotten better at executing what experts call a software supply chain attack.

• In these schemes, hackers target a single third-party piece of software to access information from that organization’s customers or to gain access to a target’s network.

The big picture: Thousands of top consumer brands were vulnerable to widespread supply chain attacks last year — and many are being targeted this year through recently discovered flaws in Citrix’s and Ivanti’s products.

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