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MCP Servers Are Being Weaponized — Here’s the Proof

A supply-chain attack dubbed Deadbugz hit 23 Model Context Protocol (MCP) projects in 74 minutes, according to a new audit that also found 91.8% of production MCP servers have no authentication. The audit, published by byteiota, urges developers to implement authentication and other security measures to prevent similar weaponization of MCP servers.

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The Deadbugz supply-chain attack hit 23 MCP projects in 74 minutes. A new audit found 91.8% of production servers have no auth. Here’s what developers must do now.

The post MCP Servers Are Being Weaponized — Here’s the Proof appeared first on byteiota .

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