APT32

Origin🇻🇳 Vietnã

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)78

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

State sponsor: VietnamAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Government, Private sector, Civil society

Targeted regions: China · Germany · United States · Vietnam · Philippines · Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Also known as:SeaLotusOceanLotusAPT-C-00Canvas CycloneBISMUTH

Vexday analysis

APT32, também conhecido como OceanLotus, SeaLotus, BISMUTH e Canvas Cyclone (identificador MITRE ATT&CK G0050), é um grupo de ameaça persistente avançada de origem vietnamita ativo pelo menos desde 2014. O grupo tem como alvos múltiplos setores da iniciativa privada, governos estrangeiros, dissidentes e jornalistas, com forte concentração em países do Sudeste Asiático como Vietnã, Filipinas, Laos e Camboja. Entre seus métodos, destaca-se o uso extensivo de comprometimentos estratégicos de sites para atingir vítimas, com 78 técnicas documentadas no MITRE ATT&CK e 2 CVEs atribuídas ao grupo.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity84

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 78

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Reconnaissance

Gather Victim Identity Information Email Addresses Spearphishing Link

Resource development

Domains Web Services Social Media Accounts Tool Upload Malware Drive-by Target

Initial access

Drive-by Compromise Spearphishing Attachment Spearphishing Link

Execution

Windows Management Instrumentation Scheduled Task Command and Scripting Interpreter PowerShell Windows Command Shell Visual Basic JavaScript Software Deployment Tools Exploitation for Client Execution Malicious Link Malicious File Service Execution

Persistence

Office Application Startup Web Shell Windows Service Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Privilege escalation

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Credential access

OS Credential Dumping LSASS Memory Credentials in Registry

Discovery

Query Registry System Network Configuration Discovery Remote System Discovery System Owner/User Discovery Network Service Discovery System Network Connections Discovery System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Local Account Network Share Discovery

Lateral movement

SMB/Windows Admin Shares Pass the Hash Pass the Ticket Lateral Tool Transfer

Collection

Keylogging Archive Collected Data

Command and control

Web Protocols Mail Protocols Web Service Ingress Tool Transfer Non-Standard Port

Exfiltration

Exfiltration Over C2 Channel Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol

defense-impairment

Modify Registry Linux and Mac Permissions Clear Windows Event Logs

Exploited vulnerabilities 2

CVEs this group is known to exploit, per MITRE ATT&CK. Ordered by real-world severity.

CVE-2017-11882HIGHEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2016-7255HIGHEPSS 81%KEV

Known infrastructure 1295

Real indicators (C2, domains, URLs and hashes) associated with the malware this group uses. Source: abuse.ch (ThreatFox, URLhaus, MalwareBazaar).

ip:port118.196.95.249:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port116.198.42.177:8081Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port118.196.95.249:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port118.196.95.249:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port118.196.95.249:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port116.198.42.177:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port116.198.42.177:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port116.198.42.177:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port116.198.42.177:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port117.72.159.96:9998Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.128.21.190:123Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port108.165.147.244:18080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.79.98.75:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:8001Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.79.98.75:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port212.87.199.197:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port212.87.199.197:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port101.43.39.2:88Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port1.94.145.106:8888Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.79.98.75:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.79.98.75:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port212.87.199.197:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port119.29.122.42:5004Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port20.187.120.42:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port20.187.120.42:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port20.187.120.42:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port20.187.120.42:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.225.157.17:8088Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.128.21.190:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.128.21.190:8888Cobalt Strikethreatfox

+1295 indicators in total. See them all on the IOCs page.

References

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