Supply Chain Attacks

Recent years have seen sophisticated supply chain attacks targeting the software development ecosystem. Attackers compromise popular packages, injecting malicious code that gets distributed to thousands of applications. The 2020 SolarWinds attack demonstrated this risk at scale, while smaller incidents like malicious npm packages happen regularly. These attacks exploit trust relationships in the development ecosystem.

Beyond intentional attacks, components can become risky through abandonment. Open-source projects might lose maintainers, leaving vulnerabilities unpatched. Commercial components might reach end-of-life without clear migration paths. Using such components is like depending on a bridge that's no longer maintained—it might support you today, but for how long?