Supply chain attacks show why you should be wary of third-party providers

By Maria Korolov for CSO
Friday, February 5, 2021

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Email security vendor Mimecast announced in January that it was also hit by a sophisticated threat actor, and there have been reports that it’s the same group as the one behind the SolarWinds hack.

These attacks show that any vendor is vulnerable and could be compromised. In fact, this fall, security vendor Immuniweb reported that 97% of the world's top 400 cybersecurity companies had data leaks or other security incidents exposed on the dark web – and 91 companies had exploitable website security vulnerabilities.

These kinds of attacks aren't a recent development. In 2011, RSA Security admitted that its SecurID tokens were hacked. One of its customers, Lockheed Martin, was attacked as a result. Read Full Article