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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@timpeck14 hours ago

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The HellCat ransomware group is increasingly exploiting Jira credentials harvested by infostealers like StealC and Amadey to facilitate corporate breaches and data exfiltration.

Threat actors including BlackCat and STORM-0501 are leveraging native Azure features like Encryption Scopes and Customer-Provided Keys to encrypt and hold blob storage for ransom.

The Gentlemen ransomware, operated by the Phantom Mantis group (LARVA-368), has evolved from a RaaS affiliate into an independent operation featuring AI-assisted development and a self-propagating worm module.

Makop ransomware utilizes AES+RSA encryption and aggressive anti-recovery techniques such as deleting volume shadow copies and backup catalogs to target diverse Windows environments.

A likely Iran-nexus activity cluster is deploying BLUERABBIT, a Golang-based backdoor that utilizes RabbitMQ, Redis, and MinIO for C2 and exfiltration prior to disk wiping and ransomware deployment.

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