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

• Espionage and Intellectual Theft
• Extrusion of data

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• f6068b672a19ce14981df011a55081e4

SHA-256

• 8bf22202e4fd4c005afde2266413cba9d1b749b1a2d75deac0c35728b5eb3af8

SHA-1

• bf127e2a526240c7e65f24c544dad820cebe6d88

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.