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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@timpeck24 hours ago

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Researchers at pwn.ai discovered the Click2Shell attack chain, which leverages a WordPress core selector injection vulnerability to force theme installations and achieve remote code execution through theme-specific flaws.

Transparent Tribe (APT-C-56) utilizes ISO/ZIP-based lure files and LNK execution chains to deploy CrimsonRAT and a custom Golang-based remote access trojan against Indian and South Asian targets.

The Iran-linked threat actor Handala Hack uses the HEAVYGRAM Telegram-based backdoor and CRUDEEXCLUDE utility to target dissidents and journalists for surveillance and data exfiltration.

LausivLoader utilizes a multi-stage infection chain involving JavaScript, PowerShell, and .NET, leveraging environment variable inheritance for inter-process data handoff and steganography to deliver final payloads.

BabylonRAT is an open-source Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capable of credential theft, keylogging, and DDoS attacks, recently used in campaigns targeting public institutions in Malaysia.

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.

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