UNC5221 and the BRICKSTORM Campaign
About this episode
The episode discusses the cyber-espionage threat group UNC5221 and their operations involving the BRICKSTORM backdoor.
Sarah Yoder (Manager, Mandiant Consulting) and Ashley Pearson (Senior Analyst, Advanced Practices on Google Threat Intelligence Group) join host Luke McNamara to discuss UNC5221 and their operations involving BRICKSTORM backdoor. This highly sophisticated, suspected China-nexus cyber-espionage threat group is known for aggressively targeting internet-facing network appliances (like VPNs and firewalls) to establish long-term, stealthy access for espionage. Read our blog post for more: https://...
People in this episode
Host: Luke McNamara
Guests: Sarah Yoder, Ashley Pearson
Topics covered
- cyber-espionage
- threat intelligence
- network security
- China-nexus
- backdoor operations
Keywords
- UNC5221
- BRICKSTORM
- cyber-espionage
- network appliances
- VPNs
- firewalls
- threat group
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mandiant, Google Threat Intelligence Group, UNC5221, BRICKSTORM
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