The attacker is using the latest tools. The defender is not. 🚨 Axios, one of the most widely used programming libraries on npm (a package management system for JavaScript), has just been subjected to a supply chain attack. Version axios@1.14.1 was embedded with a strange package called plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, which did not exist before March 31st. Any project that updated axios on that day risked having malware installed without their knowledge. Haseeb Qureshi, one of the most reputable Web3 venture capitalists today, calls this a sign of a "hacking vibe" becoming a systemic problem. Attackers are focused, organized, and use the latest AI tools to find vulnerabilities. Defenders, on the other hand, are dispersed, often individual volunteer maintainers, lacking the resources to keep up.