Targeted attack against Vietnamese government: right on the MONRE

ESET researchers recently came across a targeted attack against the Vietnamese government’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE). In this report, we will look at how the attackers targeted Vietnamese government employees, the behavior of the malware on MONRE’s systems, and how the attackers attempted to exfiltrate data.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has been under targeted attacks according to a recent article by ThreatConnect. Although the attack we discuss in this article may not be related to the threat campaign detailed in ThreatConnect’s research, it does show the interest attackers have in this Vietnamese government agency.

Targeted attack against Vietnamese government: right on the MONRE