Software Supply Chain Resilience in 2025: A Comparative Analysis of Major Incidents Using OSINT Methodologies
Software Supply Chain Resilience in 2025: A Comparative Analysis of Major Incidents Using OSINT Methodologies
Author(s): Adelaida STĂNCIULESCU, Ioan C. BACIVAROVSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Security and defense, Criminology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Asociatia Romana pentru Asigurarea Securitatii Informatiei
Keywords: software supply chain; OSINT; CI/CD compromises; open-source security; SBOM; cyber incidents 2025;
Summary/Abstract: The year 2025 marked a significant increase in software supply attacks chain, highlighting a strategic shift in the way the malicious actors operate. Unlike previous years, the 2025 incidents demonstrated a clear focus on compromising critical development infrastructures, cloud service providers, and open -source ecosystems with global impact. This article performs a comparative analysis of the main major software supply incidents chain reported in 2025, examining attack vectors, propagation mechanisms, operational impact, and implications for current software security models.
Journal: International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime (IJISC)
- Issue Year: 14/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 32-38
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
