Open Source Malware Index Q4 2025: Automation Overwhelms Ecosystems
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<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.sonatype.com/blog/open-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.sonatype.com/hubfs/blog_osmiQ42025_.png" alt="Title card image of Sonatype's Open Source Malware Index series" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div><p>As open source software continues to <a href="https://www.sonatype.com/state-of-the-software-supply-chain/2024/scale" style="text-decoration: none;">fortify modern applications</a>, attackers are finding new and increasingly efficient ways to exploit the trust developers place in public ecosystems.</p><p><img decoding="async" src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=1958393&k=14&r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonatype.com%2Fblog%2Fopen-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems&bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.sonatype.com%252Fblog&bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></p><div class="spu-placeholder" style="display:none"></div><div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_20 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://securityboulevard.com/2026/01/open-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems/" data-a2a-title="Open Source Malware Index Q4 2025: Automation Overwhelms Ecosystems"><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2026%2F01%2Fopen-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems%2F&linkname=Open%20Source%20Malware%20Index%20Q4%202025%3A%20Automation%20Overwhelms%20Ecosystems" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2026%2F01%2Fopen-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems%2F&linkname=Open%20Source%20Malware%20Index%20Q4%202025%3A%20Automation%20Overwhelms%20Ecosystems" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2026%2F01%2Fopen-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems%2F&linkname=Open%20Source%20Malware%20Index%20Q4%202025%3A%20Automation%20Overwhelms%20Ecosystems" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_reddit" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2026%2F01%2Fopen-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems%2F&linkname=Open%20Source%20Malware%20Index%20Q4%202025%3A%20Automation%20Overwhelms%20Ecosystems" title="Reddit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2026%2F01%2Fopen-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems%2F&linkname=Open%20Source%20Malware%20Index%20Q4%202025%3A%20Automation%20Overwhelms%20Ecosystems" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div><p class="syndicated-attribution">*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from <a href="https://www.sonatype.com/blog">2024 Sonatype Blog</a> authored by <a href="https://securityboulevard.com/author/0/" title="Read other posts by Sonatype Security Research Team">Sonatype Security Research Team</a>. Read the original post at: <a href="https://www.sonatype.com/blog/open-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems">https://www.sonatype.com/blog/open-source-malware-index-q4-2025-automation-overwhelms-ecosystems</a> </p>