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#6 The Hacker News general June 08, 2026 at 10:27 UTC

VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Volexity attributed a new espionage campaign to VerdantBamboo (overlapping with Microsoft's Clay Typhoon) deploying a previously undocumented BSD variant of the BRICKSTORM backdoor alongside two new malware families, PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD, targeting Linux network appliances. This China-nexus threat actor's expansion to BSD/Linux platforms broadens the attack surface beyond Windows environments typically monitored by enterprise defenders. Security teams protecting Linux-based network infrastructure should review Volexity's indicators.

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