June 27, 2024 at 05:25AM
Cloudflare issues a warning about the unauthorized usage of its name and logo on Polyfill.io, as the latter was involved in a supply chain attack injecting malware on websites. Cloudflare automatically replaces polyfill.io links with safe ones for user safety. An automatic URL rewriting service has been released for Cloudflare customers to mitigate the risk of supply chain attacks. Quoting and attribution might be required depending on the context.
Based on the meeting notes provided, the key takeaways are:
1. Cloudflare has raised concerns about the unauthorized use of its name and logo on the Polyfill.io website, which has been implicated in a significant supply chain attack affecting over 100,000 websites. Additionally, Cloudflare is automatically replacing polyfill.io links with a safe mirror on websites using its protection services.
2. Cloudflare warns against trusting Polyfill.io and has released an automatic URL rewriting service to replace polyfill.io links on websites using Cloudflare with a safe mirror CDN setup by Cloudflare, mitigating the risk of supply chain attacks.
3. Cloudflare suggests that all website owners, regardless of whether they use Cloudflare’s services, should search for instances of polyfill.io in their code repositories and replace them with a secure alternative mirror like Cloudflare’s.
These takeaways highlight the actions taken by Cloudflare to address the security risks associated with Polyfill.io and provide guidance for website owners to mitigate the potential impact of the supply chain attack.