APT / THREAT GROUP

BRICKSTORM

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Google, BRICKSTORM is used to consistently target appliances, among them primarily VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts.

Threat Analysis

BRICKSTORM is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

Intelligence Reports Mentioning BRICKSTORM

VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances

The Hacker News· Jun 8, 2026

Chinese APT deploys new malware to keep access to hacked networks

BleepingComputer· Jun 5, 2026

vSphere and BRICKSTORM Malware: A Defender's Guide

Mandiant Blog· Apr 2, 2026

From BRICKSTORM to GRIMBOLT: UNC6201 Exploiting a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Zero-Day

Mandiant Blog· Feb 17, 2026

External References

→https://blog.nviso.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/NVISO-BRICKSTORM-Report.pdf

→https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/brickstorm-espionage-campaign

→https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ivanti-post-exploitation-lateral-movement

→https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ivanti-post-exploitation-lateral-movement?hl=en

→https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc6201-exploiting-dell-recoverpoint-zero-day

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases2

Also Known As

BRICKSTORMelf.brickstorm

External Intelligence

Malpedia: elf.brickstorm

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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