Software Supply Chain Security

  1. Threat Landscape and Attack Vectors
    1. Attacker Motivations and Goals
      1. Financial Gain
        1. Ransomware Distribution
          1. Cryptocurrency Mining
            1. Data Monetization
            2. Espionage and Data Theft
              1. State-Sponsored Activities
                1. Corporate Espionage
                  1. Intellectual Property Theft
                  2. Disruption and Sabotage
                    1. Critical Infrastructure Attacks
                      1. Business Disruption
                        1. Supply Chain Disruption
                        2. Reputation Damage
                          1. Brand Defacement
                            1. Customer Trust Erosion
                            2. Ideological Motivations
                              1. Hacktivism
                                1. Political Statements
                              2. Threat Actors
                                1. Nation-State Actors
                                  1. Advanced Persistent Threats
                                    1. Capabilities and Resources
                                    2. Cybercriminal Organizations
                                      1. Ransomware Groups
                                        1. Underground Markets
                                        2. Insider Threats
                                          1. Malicious Insiders
                                            1. Compromised Accounts
                                            2. Script Kiddies and Opportunistic Attackers
                                            3. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures in the Supply Chain
                                              1. Vulnerability Databases
                                                1. National Vulnerability Database
                                                  1. CVE Details
                                                    1. Vendor-Specific Databases
                                                  2. Key Attack Vectors
                                                    1. Compromised Developer Accounts
                                                      1. Credential Theft
                                                        1. Password Attacks
                                                          1. Credential Stuffing
                                                            1. Phishing Campaigns
                                                            2. Social Engineering
                                                              1. Spear Phishing
                                                                1. Pretexting
                                                                  1. Baiting
                                                                  2. Account Takeover
                                                                    1. Session Hijacking
                                                                      1. Token Theft
                                                                    2. Compromised Source Code Management
                                                                      1. Unauthorized Access
                                                                        1. Privilege Escalation
                                                                          1. Access Control Bypass
                                                                          2. Repository Manipulation
                                                                            1. Malicious Commits
                                                                              1. Branch Poisoning
                                                                                1. History Rewriting
                                                                                2. Webhook Exploitation
                                                                                  1. API Abuse
                                                                                  2. Malicious Dependencies
                                                                                    1. Typosquatting
                                                                                      1. Domain and Package Name Similarity
                                                                                        1. Character Substitution
                                                                                          1. Homograph Attacks
                                                                                          2. Dependency Confusion
                                                                                            1. Public vs Private Package Resolution
                                                                                              1. Namespace Hijacking
                                                                                                1. Version Precedence Exploitation
                                                                                                2. Malicious Code Injection in Open Source Projects
                                                                                                  1. Pull Request Attacks
                                                                                                    1. Maintainer Account Takeover
                                                                                                      1. Backdoor Insertion
                                                                                                        1. Update Hijacking
                                                                                                        2. Package Substitution
                                                                                                          1. Abandoned Package Takeover
                                                                                                          2. Compromised Build Environments
                                                                                                            1. Build Server Exploitation
                                                                                                              1. Remote Code Execution
                                                                                                                1. Privilege Escalation
                                                                                                                  1. Lateral Movement
                                                                                                                  2. Insecure Build Scripts
                                                                                                                    1. Command Injection
                                                                                                                      1. Path Traversal
                                                                                                                        1. Unsafe Deserialization
                                                                                                                        2. Build Tool Vulnerabilities
                                                                                                                          1. Environment Variable Manipulation
                                                                                                                          2. Compromised CI/CD Pipelines
                                                                                                                            1. Pipeline Configuration Attacks
                                                                                                                              1. YAML Injection
                                                                                                                                1. Script Injection
                                                                                                                                  1. Environment Manipulation
                                                                                                                                  2. Unauthorized Pipeline Execution
                                                                                                                                    1. Trigger Manipulation
                                                                                                                                      1. Permission Bypass
                                                                                                                                      2. Secret Extraction
                                                                                                                                        1. Pipeline Poisoning
                                                                                                                                        2. Poisoned Container Images
                                                                                                                                          1. Infected Base Images
                                                                                                                                            1. Malware Embedding
                                                                                                                                              1. Backdoor Installation
                                                                                                                                              2. Supply Chain Poisoning
                                                                                                                                                1. Registry Compromise
                                                                                                                                                  1. Image Substitution
                                                                                                                                                  2. Layer Manipulation
                                                                                                                                                    1. Runtime Exploitation
                                                                                                                                                    2. Signing Key Theft
                                                                                                                                                      1. Key Storage Vulnerabilities
                                                                                                                                                        1. Insecure Key Storage
                                                                                                                                                          1. Weak Access Controls
                                                                                                                                                          2. Key Management Failures
                                                                                                                                                            1. Poor Key Rotation
                                                                                                                                                              1. Inadequate Key Protection
                                                                                                                                                              2. Certificate Authority Compromise
                                                                                                                                                                1. Hardware Security Module Attacks

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