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Whenever I look at a web project, it starts with "npm install" and literally dozens of libraries get downloaded. The project authors probably don't even know what libraries their project requires, because many of them are transitive dependencies. There is zero chance that they have checked those libraries for supply chain attacks.
sudo curl URL | bashWhenever I look at a web project, it starts with "npm install" and literally dozens of libraries get downloaded. The project authors probably don't even know what libraries their project requires, because many of them are transitive dependencies. There is zero chance that they have checked those libraries for supply chain attacks.
Whenever I look at a web project, it starts with "npm install" and literally dozens of libraries get downloaded. The project authors probably don't even know what libraries their project requires, because many of them are transitive dependencies. There is zero chance that they have checked those libraries for supply chain attacks.
Even if they did, unless the project locked all underlying dependencies to git hashes, all it takes is a single update to one of those and you’re toast.
That’s why things like Dependabot are great.
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Anecdata from a JS developer who has been in this ecosystem for 14 years. I'm actively moving away from Node.js and JavaScript in general. This has been triggered by recent spike in supply chain attacks. Backend: I'm choosing to use Golang, since it has one of the most complete standard libraries. This means I don't have to install 3rd party libraries for common tasks. It is also quite performant, and has great suppo…
Frontend: eh - you could pick something that targets wasm. Definitely a tradeoff with its own headaches.
This is a perfect illustration of what cracks me up about the hyperbolic reactions to Mythos. Yes, increased automation of cutting-edge vulnerability discovery will shake things up a bit. No, it's nowhere near the top of what should be keeping you awake at night if you're working in infosec. We've built our existing tech stacks and corporate governance structures for a different era. If you want to credit one specifi…
Whenever I look at a web project, it starts with "npm install" and literally dozens of libraries get downloaded. The project authors probably don't even know what libraries their project requires, because many of them are transitive dependencies. There is zero chance that they have checked those libraries for supply chain attacks.
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There is a reason. The prevailing wisdom has thus far been: "don't re-invent the wheel", or it non-HN equivalent "there is an app for that". I am absolutely not suggesting everyone should be rolling their own crypto, but there must be a healthy middle ground between that and a library that lets you pick font color.
I agree. I don't know many people who have shit on Java more than I have, but I have been using it for a lot of stuff in the last year primarily because it has a gigantic standard library, to a point where I often don't even need to pull in any external dependencies. I don't love Oracle, but I suspect that at least if there's a security vulnerability in the JVM or GraalVM, they will likely want to fix it else they ri…
This is a perfect illustration of what cracks me up about the hyperbolic reactions to Mythos. Yes, increased automation of cutting-edge vulnerability discovery will shake things up a bit. No, it's nowhere near the top of what should be keeping you awake at night if you're working in infosec. We've built our existing tech stacks and corporate governance structures for a different era. If you want to credit one specifi…
Yeah I tend to agree. For me Mythos' principal risk in my mind is saturation through being able to do bad things faster. Vulnerabilities are found and fixed - that's life. What is a problem is identifying and prioritising vulnerabilities. A miscategorisation or misidentification may lead to an extended attack window of a vulnerability. If a cloud provider, or multiple cloud providers are open to something there then…