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
- pe[.]bin
MD5
- e9391576f21c79af6a84380f6fb4e4e3
SHA-256
- b716064bc534f185a1c906227fd1699493308ca9ccef120812a95f0765fdf5db
SHA-1
- dbb871ad098f8889752057c83517cda515ac8d62
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.