Rewterz Threat Alert – APT32 Ocean Lotus – Active IOCs

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

MD5

• 41294f73ddbb4354b9e51a46121854b7
• d2d9b01fa600b5cb6782c08f3d2ff76b

SHA-256

• 020b6be0b5bcd0f71764339448f85d9eeb6fdf1fe08349f41180db39378fe19c
• 3f25a7a66976b128dbac543174a23bf8fc6fa42abaeaf8f0aecac71a32be224d

SHA-1

• 9bc1e21b3e3d1b3b443d0138fe5568ba7ac66073
• 0e08592d1224ab6fe3c17d52aa8928846f290b4c

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.