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| Vietnamese hackers are following in the footsteps of China in intellectual property theft |
According to CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, Vietnamese hackers are following the trends of Chinese intellectual property theft as more sophisticated cyber attacks are used to monitor competitors and help Vietnam keep up with its global competitors. The company explained that the Vietnamese group will have ties with the famous Vietnamese government and that electronic espionage on behalf of APT32 has increased over the past two years, especially in Southeast Asia. ,
Attacks on hacking groups include theft of intellectual property, the same activities that Chinese hackers know, and the auto industry are the main target of the APT32 group. It creates fake zones for Toyota and Hyundai and tries to penetrate the auto network. Vietnam. Thailand through its branch in Japan.
Vietnam targets American companies that have been associated with the Vietnamese economy for many years, including the FMCG industry. Industrial espionage in Vietnam began to increase in 2012 and increased since 2018. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump ((Donald Trump) is trying to limit his opinion, and many say it is theft of intellectual property in China.
Experts say: Vietnamese hackers have compared some electronic methods in China, although the size is much smaller, and the Vietnamese government hackers may have seen how the Chinese were able to establish spies and electronic surveillance networks so that they could use their own capabilities for economic gain or building direct embezzlement For intellectual property.
Aside from key players like Russia and China, Vietnam is one of the countries that develops electronic jobs, and cyber security experts have identified a number of sometimes contradictory reasons for product piracy, from intellectual property theft to improving Vietnamese products, and gaining a competitive advantage in negotiations to ensure compliance by foreign companies To national regulations.
FireEye has been tracking the security of the APT32 network (also known as Ocean Lotus and Ocean Buffalo) since 2012. In 2017, the company studied a number of hackers in the United States, Germany and in many countries around the world. It found that for at least three years, the organization targeted foreigners, journalists, dissidents and foreign companies operating from the government in the areas of production, consumer goods and hospitality from Vietnam.
APT32 uses a unique set of extensive malware and commercially available tools to implement targeted operations serving the national interest of Vietnam. The current strategy of APT32 Group envisages registering similar areas by automakers, a move that could act as a phishing attack. Previously, it involved hacking data to access the internal network.
According to Eset Cyber Security, APT32 recently used Facebook to target people involved in Vietnamese politics. In the attack, hackers sent APT32 Facebook messages or embed Facebook pages that look like photo albums. However, when the victims turn to "if you have an album", one of the pictures is actually too many. Malicious files have malware installed on your computer.
Targeting defectors is part of a widespread surveillance campaign in which popular websites are invaded by politically active citizens and then used to track and collect information. APT32 organizes highly targeted surveillance campaigns and highly targeted digital attack campaigns in Asia. Countries, media, human rights, civil society groups and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Although piracy among Vietnamese companies is increasing, FireEye has seen a significant decrease in intellectual property theft against companies in China, although trade negotiations between the United States and China confirm the possibility of closing negotiations, and this is the case in Vietnam in the early stages of its development. A few years ago, cyber espionage became more competitive.