{
  "id": "apt32",
  "name": "APT32",
  "aliases": [
    "SeaLotus",
    "OceanLotus",
    "APT-C-00",
    "Canvas Cyclone",
    "BISMUTH"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "VNM",
  "category": "Suspected state-linked cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "VNM"
  ],
  "summary": "APT32 is a suspected Vietnam-based threat group that has been active since at least 2014. The group has targeted multiple private sector industries as well as foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists with a strong focus on Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Suspected Vietnam-based group",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0050"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "active_since",
      "v": 2014,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0050"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "At least 2014"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0050",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0050"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "The group has targeted multiple private sector industries as well as foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists with a strong focus on Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0050"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 78,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0050"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "Arp, Cobalt Strike, Denis, Goopy, ipconfig, Kerrdown, KOMPROGO, Mimikatz, Net, netsh, OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D, PHOREAL, RotaJakiro, SOUNDBITE, WINDSHIELD",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0050"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "15 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "APT32 is a suspected Vietnam-based threat group that has been active since at least 2014. The group has targeted multiple private sector industries as well as foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists with a strong focus on Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia. They have extensively used strategic web compromises to compromise victims. Description adapted from MITRE ATT&CK®, © The MITRE Corporation, used under the ATT&CK Terms of Use.",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v20.1 (group G0050)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/apt32.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0050": {
      "title": "APT32, Group G0050",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0050/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}