Suspected Vietnamese government-linked hackers are behind a series of fake news websites and Facebook pages meant to target victim with malicious software, according to Volexity research published Friday. The hackers, known as OceanLotus or APT32, historically have targeted companies that have business interests in Vietnam. In this case, the fake sites and Facebook pages, which were set up within the last year, were intended for targets in Vietnam and across Southeast Asia, according to Volexity researchers. The attackers appear to have dual aims in their campaign — first, to gather information about the visitors to the fake media sites through a web profiling framework. They also occasionally target victims with malware meant to log targets’ keystrokes. Earlier this year, Kaspersky researchers revealed the hackers have been using the Google Play Store to disperse malware, suggesting both domestic and foreign intelligence collection requirements. This April, when the coronavirus was spreading around the world, the same group began sending malware to […]
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