{"id":168278,"date":"2023-07-25T02:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/banking-sector-targeted-in-open-source-software-supply-chain-attacks"},"modified":"2023-07-25T02:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:33:29","slug":"banking-sector-targeted-in-open-source-software-supply-chain-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/banking-sector-targeted-in-open-source-software-supply-chain-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Banking Sector Targeted in Open-Source Software Supply Chain Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/banking-sector-targeted-in-open-source-software-supply-chain-attacks.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity researchers said they have discovered what they say is the first open-source software supply chain attacks specifically targeting the banking sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese attacks showcased advanced techniques, including targeting specific components in web assets of the victim bank by attaching malicious functionalities to it,\u201d Checkmarx <a href=\"https:\/\/checkmarx.com\/blog\/first-known-targeted-oss-supply-chain-attacks-against-the-banking-sector\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in a report published last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attackers employed deceptive tactics such as creating a fake LinkedIn profile to appear credible and customized command-and-control (C2) centers for each target, exploiting legitimate services for illicit activities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity researchers said they have discovered what they say is the first open-source software supply chain attacks specifically targeting the banking sector. \u201cThese attacks showcased advanced techniques, including targeting specific components in web assets of the victim bank by attaching malicious functionalities to it,\u201d Checkmarx said in a report published last week. \u201cThe attackers employed [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}