Security News > 2024 > December > 390,000+ WordPress Credentials Stolen via Malicious GitHub Repository Hosting PoC Exploits
2024-12-13 20:00
A now-removed GitHub repository that advertised a WordPress tool to publish posts to the online content management system (CMS) is estimated to have enabled the exfiltration of over 390,000 credentials. The malicious activity is part of a broader attack campaign undertaken by a threat actor, dubbed MUT-1244 (where MUT refers to "mysterious unattributed threat") by Datadog Security Labs, that
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