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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@timpeck9 hours ago

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The EDRChoker tool weaponizes Windows Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS) to throttle EDR process bandwidth to 8 bits per second, effectively isolating them from their management servers.

Initial Access Broker Woodgnat (KongTuke) is deploying the Mistic and MLTBackdoor RATs via social engineering and compromised WordPress sites to sell network access to major ransomware affiliates.

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