• The Hidden Risk in Year-End Rush

December’s operational rush—new SaaS rollouts, AI model deployments, and code pushes—creates prime opportunities for attackers. Compromising third-party services, plugins, and API ecosystems is now the fastest route into enterprise networks. [techradar.com]

• Why Attackers Target Supply Chains

• Trusted vendor access bypasses perimeter defenses.
• API sprawl introduces blind spots in monitoring.
• AI model supply chains add complexity and new exploit surfaces. [techradar.com]

• Mitigation Checklist

• Conduct pre-deployment security reviews for all SaaS and AI integrations.
• Implement continuous API posture monitoring.
• Require SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) and vulnerability attestations from vendors. [techradar.com]