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

• dced72e578fe501c1f6dfdc27a81d999

SHA-256

• ba91081ad549e4f08cab56cceb02ef0cdedc4d54284ce0c528a61f5be46e1bec

SHA-1

• 0db6716947978c26df2ff03284b94baeeca5d763

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.