What is a supply chain attack? Explained in 30 seconds
What is a supply chain attack? Cybercriminals typically tamper with the manufacturing or distribution of a product by installing malware or hardware-based spying components. Real example: Fake yyay packages in the AUR by marchos1as impersonated yay and paru, installing a root privilege remote shell. The AUR team banned the account belonging to marchos1as and removed the malicious packages from the repository. Monitor the AUR for unauthorized packages.
Definition: Wikipedia Example source: BleepingComputer
Zero Day Brief #20 · 19 Oct 2026
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