SANS Stormcast Friday, April 18th: Remnux Cloud Environment; Erlang/OTP SSH Vuln; Brickstorm Backdoor Analysis; GPT 4.1 Safety Controversy (#)

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SANS Stormcast Friday, April 18th: Remnux Cloud Environment; Erlang/OTP SSH Vuln; Brickstorm Backdoor Analysis; GPT 4.1 Safety Controversy RedTail: Remnux and Malware Management A description showing how to set up a malware analysis in the cloud with Remnux and Kasm. RedTail is a sample to illustrate how the environment can be used. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/RedTail%2C%20Remnux%20and%20Malware%20Management%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/31868 Critical Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerability Researchers identified a critical vulnerability in the Erlang/OTP SSH library. Due to this vulnerability, SSH servers written in Erlang/OTP allow arbitrary remote code execution without prior authentication https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/16/2 Brickstorm Analysis An analysis of a recent instance of the Brickstorm backdoor. This backdoor used to be more known for infecting Linux systems, but now it also infects Windows. https://www.nviso.eu/blog/nviso-analyzes-brickstorm-espionage-backdoor https://blog.nviso.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/NVISO-BRICKSTORM-Report.pdf OpenAI GPT 4.1 Controversy OpenAI released its latest model, GPT 4.1, without a safety report and guardrails to prevent malware creation. https://opentools.ai/news/openai-stirs-controversy-with-gpt-41-release-lacking-safety-report keywords: openai; safety; malware; brickstorm; erlang; ssh; redtail; kasm; docker; container; aws; remnux