MAL_G_Dropper_BRICKSTEAL_2


Description

Detects backdoor BRICKSTEAL dropper used by APT group UNC5221 (China Nexus)

Query · yara

strings:
      // $str1 = /\(Class<\?>\)\smethod\.invoke\(\w{1,20},\s\w{1,20},\s0,\s\w{1,20}\.length\);/i ascii wide
      $str1_alt = "(Class<?>) method.invoke(" ascii wide
      $str2 = "(\"yv66vg" ascii wide
      $str3 = "request.getSession().getServletContext" ascii wide
      $str4 = ".getClass().getDeclaredField(" ascii wide
      $str5 = "new FilterDef();" ascii wide
      $str6 = "new FilterMap();" ascii wide
   condition:
      all of them
Raw source MAL_G_Dropper_BRICKSTEAL_2 · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule MAL_G_Dropper_BRICKSTEAL_2 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects backdoor BRICKSTEAL dropper used by APT group UNC5221 (China Nexus)"
      author = "Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) (modified by Florian Roth)"
      date = "2025-09-25"
      score = 75
      reference = "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/brickstorm-espionage-campaign"
      id = "8139f8c0-4c18-51bd-bf23-8c4cdc3fd555"
   strings:
      // $str1 = /\(Class<\?>\)\smethod\.invoke\(\w{1,20},\s\w{1,20},\s0,\s\w{1,20}\.length\);/i ascii wide
      $str1_alt = "(Class<?>) method.invoke(" ascii wide
      $str2 = "(\"yv66vg" ascii wide
      $str3 = "request.getSession().getServletContext" ascii wide
      $str4 = ".getClass().getDeclaredField(" ascii wide
      $str5 = "new FilterDef();" ascii wide
      $str6 = "new FilterMap();" ascii wide
   condition:
      all of them
}

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