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Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd)

Metador is a suspected cyber espionage group that was first reported in September 2022. Metador has targeted a limited number of telecommunication companies, internet service providers, and universities in the Middle East and Africa. Security researchers named the group Metador based on the "I am meta" string in one of the group's malware samples and the expectation of Spanish-language responses from C2 servers.(Citation: SentinelLabs Metador Sept 2022)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58) Attack Pattern Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 1
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern 1
Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set 1
Metador - G1013 (bfc5ddb3-4dfb-4278-8928-020e1b3feddd) Intrusion Set Malware - T1588.001 (7807d3a4-a885-4639-a786-c1ed41484970) Attack Pattern 1
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001 (6495ae23-3ab4-43c5-a94f-5638a2c31fd2) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Private Keys - T1552.004 (60b508a1-6a5e-46b1-821a-9f7b78752abf) Attack Pattern 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Debugger Evasion - T1622 (e4dc8c01-417f-458d-9ee0-bb0617c1b391) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Make and Impersonate Token - T1134.003 (8cdeb020-e31e-4f88-a582-f53dcfbda819) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Port Knocking - T1205.001 (8868cb5b-d575-4a60-acb2-07d37389a2fd) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Browser Information Discovery - T1217 (5e4a2073-9643-44cb-a0b5-e7f4048446c7) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Query Registry - T1012 (c32f7008-9fea-41f7-8366-5eb9b74bd896) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware External Remote Services - T1133 (10d51417-ee35-4589-b1ff-b6df1c334e8d) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern 2
Mafalda - S1060 (3be1fb7a-0f7e-415e-8e3a-74a80d596e68) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) Attack Pattern Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58) Attack Pattern 2
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Native API - T1106 (391d824f-0ef1-47a0-b0ee-c59a75e27670) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription - T1546.003 (910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Port Knocking - T1205.001 (8868cb5b-d575-4a60-acb2-07d37389a2fd) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Timestomp - T1070.006 (47f2d673-ca62-47e9-929b-1b0be9657611) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Reflective Code Loading - T1620 (4933e63b-9b77-476e-ab29-761bc5b7d15a) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 2
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Time Based Checks - T1497.003 (4bed873f-0b7d-41d4-b93a-b6905d1f90b0) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern 2
metaMain - S1059 (df350889-4de9-44e5-8cb3-888b8343e97c) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1) Attack Pattern Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern 2
Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1) Attack Pattern Malware - T1588.001 (7807d3a4-a885-4639-a786-c1ed41484970) Attack Pattern 2
Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001 (6495ae23-3ab4-43c5-a94f-5638a2c31fd2) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern LSASS Memory - T1003.001 (65f2d882-3f41-4d48-8a06-29af77ec9f90) Attack Pattern 3
Internal Proxy - T1090.001 (f6dacc85-b37d-458e-b58d-74fc4bbf5755) Attack Pattern Proxy - T1090 (731f4f55-b6d0-41d1-a7a9-072a66389aea) Attack Pattern 3
Private Keys - T1552.004 (60b508a1-6a5e-46b1-821a-9f7b78752abf) Attack Pattern Unsecured Credentials - T1552 (435dfb86-2697-4867-85b5-2fef496c0517) Attack Pattern 3
Access Token Manipulation - T1134 (dcaa092b-7de9-4a21-977f-7fcb77e89c48) Attack Pattern Make and Impersonate Token - T1134.003 (8cdeb020-e31e-4f88-a582-f53dcfbda819) Attack Pattern 3
Traffic Signaling - T1205 (451a9977-d255-43c9-b431-66de80130c8c) Attack Pattern Port Knocking - T1205.001 (8868cb5b-d575-4a60-acb2-07d37389a2fd) Attack Pattern 3
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 3
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern 3
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 3
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 3
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 3
DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern 3
Timestomp - T1070.006 (47f2d673-ca62-47e9-929b-1b0be9657611) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 3
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern 3
Time Based Checks - T1497.003 (4bed873f-0b7d-41d4-b93a-b6905d1f90b0) Attack Pattern Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 (82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d) Attack Pattern 3