The Latest in IT Security

Supply-Chain Hack Breaches 35 Companies, Including PayPal, Microsoft, Apple

10
Feb
2021
Supply-Chain Hack Breaches 35 Companies, Including PayPal, Microsoft, Apple

image credit: pexels

An ethical hacker has demonstrated a novel supply-chain attack that breached the systems of more than 35 technology players, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Tesla and Uber, by exploiting public, open-source developer tools.

The attack, devised by security researcher Alex Birsan, injects malicious code into common tools for installing dependencies in developer projects which typically use public depositories from sites like GitHub. The malicious code then uses these dependencies to propagate malware through a targeted company’s internal applications and systems.

Read More

Comments are closed.

Categories

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2024
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments