Severity

High

Analysis Summary

A Vietnam-based threat group, APT32 (OceanLotus Group) is active since 2014. It is known for carrying out sophisticated attacks on several private companies, journalists, foreign governments, and activists with a primary concentration on Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia. This threat group has utilized smart web breaches to compromise victims. APT32 conducts targeted operations that are consistent with Vietnamese state goals using a unique suite of fully-featured malware in combination with commercially accessible tools. The APT32 attack includes meaningless code to deceive security tools, allowing it to go undetected.

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage
• Data Exfiltration

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• log[.]dll

MD5

• 447568bec887f8352fa1e1e450aa68ea

SHA-256

• c6bd2d8553fbe097ea14f4382e7fe4938cad4f8920980afc9b7d42f392120576

SHA-1

• 70f98dd8bc94e35ce6008a7ad82aa57c5a5b241d

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.
• Always be suspicious about emails sent by unknown senders.
• Never click on links/ attachments sent by unknown senders.