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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@timpeck13 hours ago

45 intel reports

The Gentlemen RaaS group is targeting critical infrastructure using custom Go-based backdoors and ransomware variants that leverage GPO deployment and Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) techniques.

The EDRChoker tool abuses Windows Policy-Based Quality of Service (QoS) to starve security agents of bandwidth, causing them to silently time out without generating network block artifacts.

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.

The Vile Collective utilizes a Go-based ransomware that employs double extortion, HPKE-v1 encryption, and extensive anti-analysis techniques to target a wide range of global sectors.

TrymeLocker (also known as RageCore) is a destructive .NET ransomware attributed to actor 'inwormmap' that implements aggressive persistence, system sabotage, and C2 via Telegram.

Pay2Key operators utilize a multi-stage execution chain involving polyglot scripts, DLL search order hijacking of Avast software, and destruction of system recovery options to deploy ransomware.

Liushen is a Python-based ransomware framework that utilizes process hollowing, MBR modification, and extensive anti-analysis techniques to encrypt victim data and inhibit recovery.

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