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Node2Shell: Node.js Brotli Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A high-severity out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Node.js Brotli decoder (Node2Shell) allows remote code execution when processing malformed compressed data.

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Tim Peck@timpeck1 day ago

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The CL-CRI-1171 threat actor operates a mature Pay-Per-Install (PPI) marketplace that leverages SEO poisoning and trojanized YouTube gaming content to distribute OfferLoader and a variety of secondary payloads including Insomnia RAT and ARKTunnel.

The Hagaseca cluster uses THost9, a multi-stage Android RAT and ADB worm that leverages accessibility services and exposed ADB ports to infect physical and containerized Android environments.

A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor is targeting systems in South Korea to install remote control and proxy tools, including Radmin, UltraVNC, and SoftEther VPN, to weaponize infected hosts as proxy nodes.

DPRK-linked actors (Kimsuky, APT37, Lazarus) are using the Ted backdoor and CurlRAT framework to target South Korean media and automotive sectors for long-term espionage and watering-hole attacks.

Threat actors are exploiting ScreenConnect to deploy a four-stage VBScript chain that propagates across active remote sessions, ultimately delivering miners and backdoors.

SilkParasite is a China-nexus cyberespionage cluster targeting Central Asian government entities using a modular arsenal of seven RAT families, including five previously undocumented tools and AI-assisted tradecraft.

APT28 and MuddyWater utilize ClickFix variants to compromise organizations via social engineering, deploying multi-stage payloads including steganography and Python-based reverse tunnels for internal network pivoting.

Gamaredon, a Russian FSB-operated group, uses a multi-stage modular framework (GammaPhish, GammaLoad, GammaWorm, GammaSteel) to maintain persistent access and exfiltrate sensitive documents from Ukrainian government and critical infrastructure.

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