The expert emphasized that the problem lies in the potentially dangerous open source code. Critical vulnerabilities reside in libraries – source code clusters, thanks to which cybercriminals can run the malicious code they need on the company’s server’s side or even completely paralyze their work.
Dangers include the complete failure of any web service, compromised infrastructure, and shutdown of a large organization. Also, experts found pieces of open source code that gave the author unauthorized access to users’ cryptocurrency wallets.
During the study, 300 projects, including mobile applications, computer programs and services, were examined. But experts found the largest number of problems in web services.
“Such dangerous vulnerabilities potentially create opportunities for attackers to launch attacks. For example, a number of critical vulnerabilities found in libraries allow the execution of arbitrary code on the server side, which could lead to complete compromise and enable hacking into the organization’s network,” Yury Shabalin explained.
Source: Ferra
