Activity timeline
WARP PANDA appears in 6 tracked threats between and ; the busiest month was 2026-04 with 2 reports.
ATT&CK techniques observed
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application — Initial Accessobserved in 6 of 6 tracked threats
- T1572 Protocol Tunneling — Command and Controlobserved in 6 of 6 tracked threats
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 4 of 6 tracked threats
- T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter — Executionobserved in 4 of 6 tracked threats
- T1071 Application Layer Protocol — Command and Controlobserved in 4 of 6 tracked threats
- T1090 Proxy — Command and Controlobserved in 4 of 6 tracked threats
- T1505 Server Software Component — Persistenceobserved in 4 of 6 tracked threats
- T1021 Remote Services — Lateral Movementobserved in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1036 Masquerading — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltrationobserved in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation — Privilege Escalationobserved in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1070 Indicator Removal — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1078 Valid Accounts — Initial Accessobserved in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools — Defense Impairmentobserved in 3 of 6 tracked threats
- T1003.003 OS Credential Dumping: NTDS — Credential Accessobserved in 2 of 6 tracked threats
Tracked threats
- China-nexus WARP PANDA exploits VMware ESXi insufficient-logging flaw (CVE-2026-41709) against law firmsHIGH
- VerdantBamboo (UNC5221 / WARP PANDA) BRICKSTORM Campaign — MSP Supply-Chain Compromise of Edge Appliances with 18-Month DwellCRITICAL
- BRICKSTORM Backdoor: UNC5221 PRC-Nexus APT Targeting VMware vSphere InfrastructureCRITICAL
- CVE-2025-53521: F5 BIG-IP APM Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Stack-based Buffer OverflowCRITICAL
- Dell RecoverPoint Hardcoded Credentials RCE + UNC6201 GRIMBOLT Backdoor (CVE-2026-22769)CRITICAL
- Dell RecoverPoint for VMs Zero-Day (CVE-2026-22769) — CVSS 10.0, PRC-Nexus UNC6201/Silk Typhoon, BRICKSTORM/GRIMBOLT/SLAYSTYLE, VMware Ghost NIC Pivoting, iptables SPACRITICAL