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Recent years have shown increased cyber attacks targeting less secure elements in the software supply chain and causing fatal damage to businesses and organizations. Past well-known examples of software supply chain attacks are the…

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Recent years have shown increased cyber attacks targeting less secure elements in the software supply chain and causing fatal damage to businesses and organizations. Past well-known examples of software supply chain attacks are the…

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In 2023, Sonatype reported a 200\% increase in software supply chain attacks, including major build infrastructure attacks. To secure the software supply chain, practitioners can follow security framework guidance like the Supply-chain…

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Recent years have shown increased cyber attacks targeting less secure elements in the software supply chain and causing fatal damage to businesses and organizations. Past well-known examples of software supply chain attacks are the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Mindy Tran , Yasemin Acar , Michel Cucker , William Enck , Alexandros Kapravelos , Christian Kastner , Laurie Williams

This work discusses open-source software supply chain attacks and proposes a general taxonomy describing how attackers conduct them. We then provide a list of safeguards to mitigate such attacks. We present our tool "Risk Explorer for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-12 Piergiorgio Ladisa , Serena Elisa Ponta , Antonino Sabetta , Matias Martinez , Olivier Barais

The widespread dependency on open-source software makes it a fruitful target for malicious actors, as demonstrated by recurring attacks. The complexity of today's open-source supply chains results in a significant attack surface, giving…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Piergiorgio Ladisa , Henrik Plate , Matias Martinez , Olivier Barais

The Proactive Software Supply Chain Risk Management Framework (P SSCRM) described in this document is designed to help you understand and plan a secure software supply chain risk management initiative. P SSCRM was created through a process…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Laurie Williams , Sammy Migues , Jamie Boote , Ben Hutchison

Secure development process is a procedure taken by developers to ensure the programs developed are following the general security standards and will always be up to date so that the outcomes are well secured and obedient. As a software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Abdul Hadi bin Abdul Rahman , Abdullah Nazir , Kim Tae Hyun , Tan Horng Yarng , Fatima-tuz-Zahra

Recent years have shown increased cyber attacks targeting less secure elements in the software supply chain and causing significant damage to businesses and organizations. The US and EU governments and industry are equally interested in…

In recent years, the number of cyber attacks has grown rapidly. An effective way to reduce the attack surface and protect software is adoption of methodologies that apply security at each step of the software development lifecycle. While…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Arina Kudriavtseva , Olga Gadyatskaya

Package managers have become a vital part of the modern software development process. They allow developers to reuse third-party code, share their own code, minimize their codebase, and simplify the build process. However, recent reports…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Ruian Duan , Omar Alrawi , Ranjita Pai Kasturi , Ryan Elder , Brendan Saltaformaggio , Wenke Lee

Implementing software security practices is a critical concern in modern software development. Industry practitioners, security tool providers, and researchers have provided standard security guidelines and sophisticated security…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-26 Enrique Larios-Vargas , Omar Elazhary , Soroush Yousefi , Derek Lowlind , Michael L. W. Vliek , Margaret-Anne Storey

This paper is an introductory discussion on the cause of open source software vulnerabilities, their importance in the cybersecurity ecosystem, and a selection of detection methods. A recent application security report showed 44% of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Stuart Millar

Software security requirements have been traditionally considered as a non-functional attribute of the software. However, as more software started to provide services online, existing mechanisms of using firewalls and other hardware to…

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In recent years, technology has advanced considerably with the introduction of many systems including advanced robotics, big data analytics, cloud computing, machine learning and many more. The opportunities to exploit the yet to come…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Sam Wen Ping , Jeffrey Cheok Jun Wah , Lee Wen Jie , Jeremy Bong Yong Han , Saira Muzafar

The rapid growth of software supply chain attacks has attracted considerable attention to software bill of materials (SBOM). SBOMs are a crucial building block to ensure the transparency of software supply chains that helps improve software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Boming Xia , Tingting Bi , Zhenchang Xing , Qinghua Lu , Liming Zhu

Supply chain security has become a very important vector to consider when defending against adversary attacks. Due to this, more and more developers are keen on improving their supply chains to make them more robust against future threats.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Greg Tystahl , Yasemin Acar , Michel Cukier , William Enck , Christian Kastner , Alexandros Kapravelos , Dominik Wermke , Laurie Williams

Context: Software security patch management purports to support the process of patching known software security vulnerabilities. Given the increasing recognition of the importance of software security patch management, it is important and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Nesara Dissanayake , Asangi Jayatilaka , Mansooreh Zahedi , M. Ali Babar

Supply chain security has become a very important vector to consider when defending against adversary attacks. Due to this, more and more developers are keen on improving their supply chains to make them more robust against future threats.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Courtney Miller , William Enck , Yasemin Acar , Michel Cukier , Alexandros Kapravelos , Christian Kastner , Dominik Wermke , Laurie Williams

Secure software engineering is a fundamental activity in modern software development. However, while the field of security research has been advancing quite fast, in practice, there is still a vast knowledge gap between the security experts…

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