Codecov Supply Chain Breach: Free Questionnaire to Assess Third-Party Risk

In my previous post, we discussed the Codecov breach and its potential impact on enterprises worldwide. By way of background, on April 15, 2021 Codecov warned its customers
that hackers had introduced a backdoor in the Bash Uploader script starting on January 31, 2021. The hackers exploited a flawed Docker image creation process to replace Codecov’s IP address with theirs. This exploit allowed them to post users’ information to their servers.

5 Critical Questions to Assess Third-Party Exposure to the Codecov Breach

With approximately 29,000 companies using Codecov’s development tools, it is possible that some of your third parties are too. Therefore, it is essential that you assess the potential impact to your third parties so you can mitigate the possible exposure of your company’s data. Prevalent has curated a 5-question assessment that can be leveraged to rapidly identify any potential impacts to your business by determining which of your third parties was affected and what actions they are taking.

Prevalent Can Help Accelerate Third-Party Incident Response

Prevalent recently introduced the Third-Party Incident Response Service, a solution that helps to rapidly identify and mitigate the impact of supply chain breaches like the Codecov attack by providing a platform to centrally manage vendors, conduct targeted event-specific assessments, score identified risks, and access remediation guidance. Prevalent offers this solution as a managed service to enable your team to offload the collection of critical response data so they can focus on remediating risks instead.

Complementing the Incident Response Service is Prevalent’s continuous cyber and business breach monitoring that provides regular updates on breach disclosures, adverse news events, and cyber incidents such as malicious dark web activity about your vendors.

Together, these solutions help to automate breach impact discovery and accelerate response.

Next Steps to Address the Codecov Breach

Use this questionnaire to determine the impact the Codecov attack could have on your supplier ecosystem. And, learn more by downloading a best practices white paper or contact us for a demo!