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How hackers break in: the most common attacks on people, websites and apps

Supply chain attacks: how one break-in reaches thousands of companies at once

A company can lock all its own doors. It can still be hacked through a software supplier that it trusts. How can one break-in reach thousands of companies? See supply chain attacks, from SolarWinds to a backdoor hidden in free software. One engineer found that backdoor because his logins became half a second slower.

  1. 1 Rono has knocked on every way into the shop, and every one is shut. Miva's shop is now harder to break into than most. So Rono stops looking at the shop.Rono's botcandleshop.exampleRono

    Rono has knocked on every way into the shop, and every one is shut. Miva's shop is now harder to break into than most. So Rono stops looking at the shop.

  2. 2 Instead, he watches what comes in. Every night, the small company that makes the review plugin can send a new version, and the shop installs it by itself.the plugin makernew versioncandleshop.exampleRono

    Instead, he watches what comes in. Every night, the small company that makes the review plugin can send a new version, and the shop installs it by itself.

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