HOMETHREATSBRICKSTORM
MALWARE FAMILY

BRICKSTORM

Internal ID: elf.brickstorm
1
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 malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

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://www.cisa.gov/news-events/analysis-reports/ar25-338a
→https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/warp-panda-cloud-threats/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

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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