supply-chain-attack
Safeguard articles tagged "supply-chain-attack" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
25 articles
Lessons from the 3CX Attack: The First Supply Chain Attack Caused by Another
3CX shipped a trojanized version of its own softphone through official updates in 2023 — because an employee installed compromised trading software. Here is the cascade, and its lessons.
Lessons from the Codecov Breach: When Your CI Secrets Walk Out the Door
For two months in 2021, Codecov's Bash Uploader quietly exfiltrated CI environment variables. Here is how a single trusted script became a mass credential-harvesting operation.
Lessons from SolarWinds: When the Build Pipeline Becomes the Attack Surface
The SUNBURST backdoor reached roughly 18,000 organizations through a trojanized SolarWinds Orion update. Here is what actually happened, and the defenses that hold up years later.
A forgotten contributor account compromised the Mastra npm scope
A dormant npm account with unrevoked publish rights let attackers trojanize 144 @mastra packages in 88 minutes, dropping a crypto-wallet RAT tied to Sapphire Sleet.
TrapDoor: The Cross-Ecosystem Crypto Stealer That Targeted DeFi Developers (May 2026)
Socket disclosed TrapDoor on May 24, 2026: 34+ malicious packages and 384+ versions across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io built to steal crypto wallets, SSH keys, and cloud credentials from crypto, DeFi, Solana, and AI developers.
Malicious browser and IDE extensions (Chrome, Firefox, VS...
How the Cyberhaven Chrome extension breach and the GlassWorm Open VSX worm exposed a supply chain blind spot that dependency scanners like Socket.dev don't cover.
GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack: The tj-actions/changed-files Compromise
Attackers compromised the popular tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action, injecting credential-stealing code that affected over 23,000 repositories. A textbook software supply chain attack.
Lessons from SolarWinds: Two Years Later
Two years after the SolarWinds breach reshaped cybersecurity, we examine what the industry actually learned and what organizations still get wrong about supply chain security.
XZ Utils backdoor discovery (CVE-2024-3094)
A deep dive into CVE-2024-3094, the XZ Utils backdoor: affected versions, CVSS/EPSS context, full attack timeline, and remediation steps.
Kaseya VSA Ransomware: Supply Chain Attack Hits 1,500 Businesses
REvil exploited Kaseya's VSA platform to push ransomware to managed service providers and their customers. Up to 1,500 businesses were hit in a single weekend.
Dependency Confusion Attacks Explained
Alex Birsan's research showed how internal package names can be exploited to inject malicious code into corporate build systems. Here's how the attack works and how to defend against it.
Codecov Bash Uploader Compromise: A Supply Chain Attack on CI/CD
Attackers modified Codecov's bash uploader script to steal environment variables from CI pipelines. Thousands of repositories were exposed for two months.
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