APT32 group, believed to be tied to the Vietnamese govt, has ramped up its cyber-espionage. FMTNews Toyota Hyundai Vietnam
WASHINGTON: A Vietnam-based hacking group is learning from China’s playbook, using increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks to spy on competitors and help Vietnam catch up to global competitors, according to cybersecurity experts.
In March, Toyota discovered that it was targeted in Vietnam and Thailand and through a subsidiary – Toyota Tokyo Sales Holdings Inc – in Japan, according to spokesman Brian Lyons. “They’re becoming more adept at developing their own tools, while at the same time tapping the global malware market for commercial tools.”
The Vietnamese foreign ministry and Vietnamese embassy in Washington didn’t respond to requests for comment. Vietnam is part of a growing group of countries – outside of major cyberplayers such as Russia and China – that are developing and buying cyber capabilities, according former government officials.
Ongoing tactics by APT32 appear to include registering domains that resemble car companies – a move which can precede phishing attacks, in which credentials are stolen by hackers in order to access internal networks, said John Hultquist, FireEye’s director of intelligence analysis.
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