Show Notes
The Axios supply chain attack proves attackers don’t need vulnerabilities if they can hit the assembly line. By compromising a single npm maintainer account, they were able to slip a trojan into Axios updates that executed automatically inside developer machines and CI/CD pipelines long before security tools could intervene.
On this episode of State of Cybercrime, Matt and David examine how the Axios incident marks a shift toward supply chain abuse and what Google’s attribution to a North Korean-linked group reveals about the blurred lines between developer infrastructure, cybercrime, and geopolitics.
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