Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools - T1195.001

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may manipulate software dependencies and development tools prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise. Applications often depend on external software to function properly. Popular open source projects that are used as dependencies in many applications may be targeted as a means to add malicious code to users of the dependency.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1195001["Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools"] --> |modifies| Software["Software"]; class T1195001 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class Software ArtifactNode; click Software href "/dao/artifact/d3f:Software";
        click T1195001 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1195.001/"; click Software href "/dao/artifact/d3f:Software";             SoftwareUpdate["Software Update"] -->
          | updates | Software["Software"];

          SoftwareUpdate["Software Update"] -.->
            | may-harden | T1195001["Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools"] ;
          class SoftwareUpdate DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class Software ArtifactNode;
          click SoftwareUpdate href "/technique/d3f:SoftwareUpdate";   RestoreSoftware["Restore Software"] -->
          | restores | Software["Software"];

          RestoreSoftware["Restore Software"] -.->
            | may-restore | T1195001["Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools"] ;
          class RestoreSoftware DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class Software ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreSoftware href "/technique/d3f:RestoreSoftware";

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