Hacker groupG0095
Machete
Also tracked as APT-C-43, El Machete
Machete is a suspected Spanish-speaking cyber espionage group that has been active since at least 2010. It has primarily focused its operations within Latin America, with a particular emphasis on Venezuela, but also in the US, Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia. Machete generally targets high-profile organizations such as government institutions, intelligence services, and military units, as well as telecommunications and power companies.
- Known attack methods
- 11
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2010
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Execution6
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Machete