A new survey has revealed that three out of every five companies were victim to software supply chain attacks in 2021, marking a drastic rise in the prevalence of these attacks and sending cybersecurity into a scramble for solutions. The survey, which was carried out by the software company Anchore, reported that 62 percent of organizations were impacted by supply chain attacks in the past year. “In the simplest terms, a software supply chain attack occurs when a cybercriminal manipulates an organization’s software code to deliver malicious ‘payload’ to downstream applications and users,” explains Julie Preiss, chief marketing officer of the software company Appgate, in a statement to The Epoch Times. “They typically target small, less-secure companies that do business with larger companies (hence the term supply chain).” Preiss continues, “The reasons these attacks are on the rise boil down to a few basic facts: more business is conducted online than …