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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 REF9334 threat group utilizes the KREMLIN toolkit to install malicious browser extensions on Chrome and Edge, leveraging Ethereum smart contracts as dead-drop resolvers to target Brazilian banking users.

Suspected Chinese threat actor Red Heron is exploiting CVE-2026-60004 in Gitea to deploy the JITTERLY implant and SIXZUT rootkit for source code theft and lateral movement.

Russia-aligned threat actor UAC-0099 is using the GuardBreaker technique to trip AI safety guardrails and blind automated malware analysis tools targeting Ukrainian critical infrastructure.

Russian-speaking threat actors are exploiting a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2025-25249) in FortiGate devices to deploy PivotC2, an AI-assisted Node.js RAT for network tunneling and credential theft.

Suspected Silver Fox (Yinhu) threat actors are targeting Chinese-speaking users and multinational operations in China using high-fidelity spoofed vendor sites to deliver persistent implants like ValleyRAT.

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.

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