From Vulnerabilities to Vigilance: Addressing Software Supply Chain Attacks

Cybersecurity experts have long been concerned about the possibility of supply chain attacks mainly due to the chain reaction that can be triggered by just one attack on one supplier, which can lead to a compromise of the entire supply chain. 

Approximately 62% of the attacks carried out by attackers are done using malware as an attack technique.

Cybersecurity professionals are probably better aware of malware than the average person who is not familiar with it. Malware is known worldwide due to the success of the program, which has thus made it a universal and ever-evolving threat to computer systems, networks, and organizations. 

It is estimated that around 150,000 new variants of malware were discovered in 2019 by experts. It is estimated that by 2020, this number will have increased to 270,000. Security teams need to stay up-to-date on the latest ways to prevent malware attacks within their organizations because the threat posed by malware grows every year.  

In the wake of the global pandemic, which disrupted many traditional business methods, the workforce became more dispersed. It relocated far from the traditional secure enterprise environments in which they would normally conduct business. 

As a result of a large and increasingly vulnerable attack surface that hackers have taken adva

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