“Android & Java Apps Vulnerable to MavenGate Attack”

DevSecOps and Application Security: MavenGate Attack Exposes Vulnerabilities in Android and Java Apps

The cybersecurity community has been alerted to a new software supply chain attack technique known as MavenGate, which could compromise numerous Android and Java apps that rely on abandoned open-source libraries. According to a report from Oversecured, all technologies based on Apache Maven are potentially vulnerable to this attack. The MavenGate method allows threat actors to exploit dependency artifact takeovers, inject malicious code, and compromise the build process undetected. This alarming revelation comes from researchers at The Hacker News, who unveiled the extent of the potential damage this attack could cause.