Living Off the Pipeline: Defending Against CI/CD Subversion
Deep-dive into 'living-off-the-pipeline' techniques where attackers abuse legitimate CI/CD features—build triggers, artefact caches, runner tokens—rather than injecting malicious code directly.
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Learn how adversaries weaponize CI/CD pipelines and how continuous behavioral monitoring helps protect against software supply chain attacks.
Editorial Analysis
Supply-chain attacks increasingly exploit trusted automation rather than source code, making traditional code-review gates insufficient for Mittelstand firms relying on managed CI/CD services.
Implement behavioural monitoring on CI/CD runners, restrict pipeline token scopes to least privilege, and audit build-trigger configurations for unintended exposure.
Attackers are weaponising build pipelines themselves, not just the code flowing through them—pipeline security needs dedicated investment.
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