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Threat Actors Exploit Discord Webhooks for C2 via npm, PyPI, and Ruby Packages

Threat Actors Exploit Discord Webhooks for C2 via npm, PyPI, and Ruby Packages

Threat actors are increasingly abusing Discord webhooks as covert command-and-control (C2) channels inside open-source packages, enabling stealthy exfiltration of secrets, host telemetry, and developer environment data without standing up bespoke infrastructure. Socket’s Threat Research Team has documented active abuse across npm, PyPI, and RubyGems, where hard-coded Discord webhook URLs act as write-only sinks to siphon […]
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