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Compromised supply chain within a supply chain poses new risks
- amelius 8y ago> The app vendor’s systems were unaffected. The vendor doesn't test their software in its entirety?
- steve19 8y agoThe packages served to the vendor could be legit, but packages served to everyone else is compromised. The vendor would never know there was a problem.
- windows_tips 8y agoOne could use hash signatures to detect a problem.
- _Adam 8y agoThe hash comes from the source of the package, and in this attack that source was compromised. The malicious code was signed.
- jacques_chester 8y agoSupply chain attacks are one of my personal nightmares. However, on the bright side, cryptominers are continuing to perform a public service by providing non-destructive whole-lifecycle penetration testing on a contingent-fee basis.
- walterbell 8y agoWhich components/stack/supplychain is used by most crypto-miners?
- mkirklions 8y agoI like bitcoin, but the GIGO makes these supply blockchains useless. The enormous costs(slow and expensive) of blockchain makes me think blockchain shouldnt be used for dApps or logistics.
- sologoub 8y agoIn compiled/installed software, the concept of “supply chain risk” is at least a thing that companies are aware of. However, when it comes to web software, I have not heard many companies really conceptualize their “supply chain” exposure from the myriad of scripts/dependencies injected via tag managers and other software. And it’s not just tag managers (GTM/DTM, etc) - React create app command builds a boilerplate with hundreds of packages as dependency. Has anyone employed any kind of automated scanning to try and catch known malicious code in these? On the tag manager front, I’m afraid the very premise of letting non-technical people manage code is what makes these a built-in vulnerability. Educating those in control as to risks seems to be the only option, in addition to normal malware scanning you have to do if you run ads.
- patrickmn 8y ago> I have not heard many companies really conceptualize their “supply chain” exposure from the myriad of scripts/dependencies injected via tag managers and other software. I made a thing called "TrackerMap" that allowed people, mostly Fortune 500 web/risk/compliance people, to do just that: https://www.crownpeak.com/products/monitoring-solutions/tag-auditor-with-trackermap https://www.crownpeak.com/products/monitoring-solutions/tag-... (It has since been acquired, and I have no affiliation.)
- mjevans 8y agoThe 'supply chain' of docker and other sandboxed 'exact versions' request-able environments scare me. Horrid 'enterprisy' java applications showed everyone how bad things could get and those same mistakes are being replicated instead of learned from.
- mey 8y agoThese come to mind for scanning for malicious dependencies https://www.blackducksoftware.com/ https://www.blackducksoftware.com/ https://www.sonatype.com/nexus-firewall https://www.sonatype.com/nexus-firewall I believe there are others, just pulling from memory.
- scarface74 8y agoThe article also stated that the malware being a part of an installation utility gave it basically the Windows equivalent of riot access. Why does any normal app need root access?
- mey 8y agoAnother supply chain I worry about is package management. Maven, NPM, NuGet, etc.
- yCloser 8y agoadobe?
- scarface74 8y agoThe article said it was “alternate” PDF reader.
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