YARA · Volexity threat-intel
VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Golang_Brickstorm_B
Detection for the BRICKSTORM malware family.
- Author
- threatintel@volexity.com
- Date
- 2025-09-05
- Modified
- 2026-06-09
- Score / Quality
- 75 / 80
What this rule detects
Detection for the BRICKSTORM malware family.
It defines 12 patterns (12 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).
Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.
Rule source
rule VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Golang_Brickstorm_B : VERDANTBAMBOO BRICKSTORM FILE MEMORY
{
meta:
= "Detection for the BRICKSTORM malware family."
= "threatintel@volexity.com"
= "b3b9ff26-56ab-5801-8905-0a304887b998"
= "2025-09-05"
= "2026-06-09"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/2026/2026-06-04 VerdantBamboo/rules.yar#L56-L98"
= "https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/3a9d0b52459877ee866a9a0ba06e60059b778c77/LICENSE.txt"
= "aa688682d44f0c6b0ed7f30b981a609100107f2d414a3a6e5808671b112d1878"
= "e91203a714a4bc9d1c70eae4670681e3f416257163cf44db20ad33380be5d39a"
= 75
= 80
= "VERDANTBAMBOO, BRICKSTORM, FILE, MEMORY"
= "all"
= "all"
= "file,memory"
= "critical"
= "TIB-20251104"
= "See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"
= 12299
= 6
strings:
$method1 = "UnPackHeaderData"
$method2 = "handleRelay"
$method3 = "NewWebSocketClient"
$method4 = "createDnsMessage"
$method5 = "GetFileOwnerInfo"
$err1 = "dns rcode: %v"
$err2 = "readFull error"
$err3 = "tagAuth error"
$err4 = "error: Auth: %s"
$ws1 = "<a style='text-decoration: none;' href='javascript:history.go(-1);'><h5>Back</h5></a>"
$ws2 = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT"
$doh = "https://1.0.0.1/dns-queryhttps://1.1.1.1/dns-queryhttps://8.8.4.4/dns-queryhttps://8.8.8.8/dns-query"
condition:
4 of ( $method* ) or 3 of ( $err* ) or all of ( $ws* ) or ( $doh and 3 of ( $method* , $err* , $ws* , $doh ) )
}
Strings (12 patterns)
| Identifier | Type | Value | Modifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| $method1 | text | "UnPackHeaderData" | |
| $method2 | text | "handleRelay" | |
| $method3 | text | "NewWebSocketClient" | |
| $method4 | text | "createDnsMessage" | |
| $method5 | text | "GetFileOwnerInfo" | |
| $err1 | text | "dns rcode: %v" | |
| $err2 | text | "readFull error" | |
| $err3 | text | "tagAuth error" | |
| $err4 | text | "error: Auth: %s" | |
| $ws1 | text | "<a style='text-decoration: none;' href='javascript:history.go(-1);'><h5>Back</h5></a>" | |
| $ws2 | text | "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT" | |
| $doh | text | "https://1.0.0.1/dns-queryhttps://1.1.1.1/dns-queryhttps://8.8.4.4/dns-queryhttps://8.8.8.8/dns-query" |
Condition
4 of ( $method* ) or 3 of ( $err* ) or all of ( $ws* ) or ( $doh and 3 of ( $method* , $err* , $ws* , $doh ) )In plain words (Heuristic)
- All patterns in ( $ws* ) must match.
- At least 4 patterns in ( $method* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in ( $err* ) must match.
- At least 3 patterns in ( $method* , $err* , $ws* , $doh ) must match.
- Pattern $doh must be present.
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References
Sample hashes
Hashes of samples the author lists in the rule's meta (look them up in your threat-intelligence platform).
- aa688682d44f0c6b0ed7f30b981a609100107f2d414a3a6e5808671b112d1878
Licence & attribution
Author: threatintel@volexity.com
Source repository: Volexity threat-intel @ 3a9d0b5245
Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (stated in the rule's own meta)
“See license at https://github.com/volexity/threat-intel/blob/main/LICENSE.txt”
Copyright notice: Copyright 2022 by Volexity, Inc.
Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.
Rule id: b3b9ff26-56ab-5801-8905-0a304887b998
Metadata
| os | all |
|---|---|
| os_arch | all |
| scan_context | file,memory |
| severity | critical |
| report1 | TIB-20251104 |
| rule_id | 12299 |
| version | 6 |
Tags:VERDANTBAMBOOBRICKSTORMFILEMEMORY
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