Hacked WordPress Sites Abusing Visitors’ Browsers for Distributed Brute-Force Attacks

March 7, 2024 at 09:21AM Threat actors are launching distributed brute-force attacks on WordPress sites through malicious JavaScript injections, causing unauthorized access to target sites. This shift from crypto drainers to brute-force attacks may be driven by profit motives, as compromised sites can be monetized in various ways. Prior attacks have exploited vulnerabilities in WordPress … Read more