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://...
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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://...
UNC5221 and The Targeting of Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs
The Defender's Advantage Podcast
27 minutes
6 months ago
UNC5221 and The Targeting of Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs
Matt Lin (Senior Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant) and Daniel Spicer (Chief Security Officer, Ivanti) dive into the research and response of UNC5221's campaigns against Ivanti. They cover how this threat actor has evolved from earlier campaigns, the continued focus of edge infrastructure by APT actors, and the shared responsibility of security in mitigating threats like this. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-exploiting-critical-ivanti-vulnerabil...
The Defender's Advantage Podcast
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://...
