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Supply Chain Attacks

Analysis 2025 and Trends 2026

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In this report, you will discover:

  • Why supply chain attacks are rapidly increasing and becoming a top risk.
  • The key 2025 takeaways: attack growth, average detection/containment time, breach cost, and the share linked to third parties.
  • The most common entry paths: vulnerability exploitation, stolen credentials, phishing, and compromised vendors/software.
  • What to expect in 2026: more identity/token abuse (OAuth/APIs), CI/CD targeting, and emerging AI/ML supply chain risks.
  • How Cipher xMDR helps: proactive detection/hunting, risk scoring, third-party intelligence, and automated response playbooks.

What’s in it for you

Attacks on the supply chain have doubled in 2025 and now account for 22.5% of all security breaches. The average cost per incident is $4.88 million, and organizations take an average of 254 days to detect them.In this report, Cipher's x63 Unit analyzes the key metrics for the year, the most active threat groups, the most affected sectors, and the trends that will shape 2026.