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
- Espionage and Intellectual Theft
- Extrusion of data
Indicators of Compromise
MD5
- 3510590280406fa30eda94b3ae39058d
SHA-256
- 764a598a97085020764f46314a36b113080e4191c62f8e3dc9cd769520d807c1
SHA-1
- e350708d48e66cb754adf1190ead9abc050131d9
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.