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2025-03-18 05:30
The growing sophistication of software supply chain attacks is driven by widespread flaws in open-source and third-party commercial software, along with malicious campaigns that specifically target AI and cryptocurrency development pipelines, according to a ReversingLabs report. According to ReversingLabs data, open-source software remained a key element of supply chain risk in 2024. For example, incidents of exposed development secrets via publicly accessible, open-source packages rose 12% compared to 2023. And critical and exploitable software flaws … More → The post Hackers target AI and crypto as software supply chain risks grow appeared first on Help Net Security.
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