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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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Akira ransomware affiliates utilize RDP for initial access, ProcDump for credential theft, and GOST tunnels for persistence before deploying Rclone for exfiltration and encrypting data.

Ransomware groups including CHAOS, Medusa, and Gunra are increasingly targeting radiology departments and healthcare providers using double-extortion and extortion-only tactics.

An ongoing malicious npm campaign involving 'indexed-btree' and other packages bypasses lifecycle script defenses by burying loaders in runtime prototype methods and using Ethereum smart contracts for C2.

The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) uses HEAVYGRAM (aka CHOSEN BRICK) malware to target dissidents and journalists via social engineering and Telegram-based command-and-control.

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.

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