MAL_G_Dropper_BRICKSTEAL_1


Description

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

Query · yara

strings:
      $str1 = "Base64.getDecoder().decode"
      $str2 = "Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()"
      $str3 = ".class.getDeclaredMethod"
      $str4 = "byte[].class"
      $str5 = "method.invoke"
      $str6 = "filterClass.newInstance()"
      $str7 = "/websso/SAML2/SSO/*"
   condition:
      all of them
Raw source MAL_G_Dropper_BRICKSTEAL_1 · 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_1 {
   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 = "c96eeeb0-ccb4-572c-80b5-638ce3bb51a9"
   strings:
      $str1 = "Base64.getDecoder().decode"
      $str2 = "Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()"
      $str3 = ".class.getDeclaredMethod"
      $str4 = "byte[].class"
      $str5 = "method.invoke"
      $str6 = "filterClass.newInstance()"
      $str7 = "/websso/SAML2/SSO/*"
   condition:
      all of them
}

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