Trace the Hack

By 2025, cyberwar had devolved into a sinister new genre—silent, smart, and well entrenched. As traditional cybersecurity tools become smarter and more powerful, cybercrime follows suit. Maybe the most dangerous threat today is the development of AI-driven supply chain attacks—silent incursions that sully the very systems we rely on to craft our software, manage our networks, and power our economies. What Are Supply Chain Attacks? Supply chain attacks attack the weakest link—not the company being targeted, but one of the third-party vendors, software dependencies, or service providers with which it is affiliated. That is, attackers don't break through the front door; they crawl through the back door dressed as a valid delivery.  From SolarWinds in 2020 to the Codecov and Kaseya incidents that followed, we’ve seen how devastating such attacks can be. In 2025, however, a more dangerous evolution is taking shape—supply chain attacks are being driven by Artificial Intelligence. ...