Global Costs of Software Supply Chain Attacks On The Rise

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine

Sausalito, Calif. – Dec. 9, 2025

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Due to their cascading effect, supply chain attacks are costlier than most, with vendors and customers both bearing the brunt. Global costs of software supply chain attacks alone are estimated at $60 billion in 2025, and they’re expected to reach a whopping $138 billion by 2031, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.

Wiz breaks down three types of supply chain attacks:

Software supply chain attacks infiltrate software vendor systems to deliver compromised software to thousands of customers;

Hardware supply chain attacks involve adversaries introducing counterfeit devices into the global supply chain;

Third-party service attacks target customers of cloud service providers (CSPs), managed service providers (MSPs), SaaS platforms, and AI vendors by compromising software updates, API keys, or service integrations.

Comprehensive supply chain security requires visibility across the entire code-to-cloud lifecycle, and Wiz breaks that down for CISOs and security leaders in a blog post that includes a handy cheat sheet with best practices.

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