Facebook says it has uncovered plots by two hacking campaigns to “abuse our platform, distribute malware and hack people’s accounts,” one originating in Vietnam, the other in Bangladesh. In a blog post late Thursday, two cybersecurity officials from the social media giant pinned the Vietnam-based activity on APT32, the advanced persistent threat group also known as Ocean Lotus. In Bangladesh, the perpetrators appear to be two largely unknown “non-profit” groups, Facebook says. “The operation from Vietnam focused primarily on spreading malware to its targets, whereas the operation from Bangladesh focused on compromising accounts across platforms and coordinating reporting to get targeted accounts and Pages removed from Facebook,” wrote Nathaniel Gleicher, the company’s head of security policy and Mike Dvilyanski, its cyberthreat intelligence manager. APT32’s efforts involved a Vietnamese IT company, the researchers said, making it the latest example of hacking groups using corporate disguises. In early November, cybersecurity company Volexity […]
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