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Attackers turned OpsShield’s trusted update channel into a supply-chain attack
The kinks in the software supply chain are once again being exposed, with attackers now targeting OpsShield’s update process. This week, threat actors used compromised credentials to push malicious updates out to cPGuard customers.
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Attackers compromised credentials for OpsShield’s update system and used the trusted channel to deliver malicious updates to cPGuard customers. After the malicious push, the threat actors accessed data stored on OpsShield’s servers and its billing‑portal accounts. They also duplicated data from at least three of the company’s cloud servers. The incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in software supply chains, with the compromised update process serving as the entry point for the broader breach.
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