Compromising the Developer: How Modern Dependency Culture Reshaped the Supply Chain Threat Landscape

<h2 style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">1. Executive summary</span></h2> <p style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Modern software is assembled, not written. A single application routinely draws on hundreds of third-party components, pulled in on demand and updated continuously as part of normal process. That convenience has quietly become a dependable