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
- a4f4ae1c9e3ec95f433c4d5dadc35bdf
SHA-256
- 432d347a21e39a6f1a12b6615e95f8061d9b4a7c6b4172e8364e23964ccac614
SHA-1
- 7b8d0b04a41494940c388cec3d9d2d0987953dae
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.