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
- 9ac04f570473b316bb0975a0ca166cbc
SHA-256
- 2fec211299a9e19c34ff424ce9720341e573fb609bb6786697b4ea9305b029a3
SHA-1
- 7a0bbd43ccf7978a21e0fbd1bdd56d1f005587ec
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.