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El Machete (827c17e0-c3f5-4ad1-a4f4-30a40ed0a2d3)

El Machete is one of these threats that was first publicly disclosed and named by Kaspersky here. We’ve found that this group has continued to operate successfully, predominantly in Latin America, since 2014. All attackers simply moved to new C2 infrastructure, based largely around dynamic DNS domains, in addition to making minimal changes to the malware in order to evade signature-based detection.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
El Machete (827c17e0-c3f5-4ad1-a4f4-30a40ed0a2d3) Threat Actor Machete - APT-C-43 (d0b9840d-efe2-5200-89d1-2f1a37737e30) 360.net Threat Actors 1
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Machete - APT-C-43 (d0b9840d-efe2-5200-89d1-2f1a37737e30) 360.net Threat Actors 2
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set 3
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set 3
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Msiexec - T1218.007 (365be77f-fc0e-42ee-bac8-4faf806d9336) Attack Pattern 3
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 3
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 3
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 3
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set 3
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 3
Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set 3
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set 3
Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
Drive-by Compromise - T1189 (d742a578-d70e-4d0e-96a6-02a9c30204e6) Attack Pattern Machete - G0095 (38863958-a201-4ce1-9dbe-539b0b6804e0) Intrusion Set 3
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Exfiltration over USB - T1052.001 (a3e1e6c5-9c74-4fc0-a16c-a9d228c17829) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware File Transfer Protocols - T1071.002 (9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Browser Information Discovery - T1217 (5e4a2073-9643-44cb-a0b5-e7f4048446c7) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Application Window Discovery - T1010 (4ae4f953-fe58-4cc8-a327-33257e30a830) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Private Keys - T1552.004 (60b508a1-6a5e-46b1-821a-9f7b78752abf) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Audio Capture - T1123 (1035cdf2-3e5f-446f-a7a7-e8f6d7925967) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Automated Exfiltration - T1020 (774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Video Capture - T1125 (6faf650d-bf31-4eb4-802d-1000cf38efaf) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Wi-Fi Discovery - T1016.002 (494ab9f0-36e0-4b06-b10d-57285b040a06) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Data from Removable Media - T1025 (1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Scheduled Transfer - T1029 (4eeaf8a9-c86b-4954-a663-9555fb406466) Attack Pattern 4
Machete - S0409 (35cd1d01-1ede-44d2-b073-a264d727bc04) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 4
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 4
Msiexec - T1218.007 (365be77f-fc0e-42ee-bac8-4faf806d9336) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 4
Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 4
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 4
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 4
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 4
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 4
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Python - T1059.006 (cc3502b5-30cc-4473-ad48-42d51a6ef6d1) Attack Pattern 4
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 4
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 4
Exfiltration over USB - T1052.001 (a3e1e6c5-9c74-4fc0-a16c-a9d228c17829) Attack Pattern Exfiltration Over Physical Medium - T1052 (e6415f09-df0e-48de-9aba-928c902b7549) Attack Pattern 5
Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern 5
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 5
File Transfer Protocols - T1071.002 (9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 5
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) Attack Pattern 5
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern 5
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 5
Credentials from Password Stores - T1555 (3fc9b85a-2862-4363-a64d-d692e3ffbee0) Attack Pattern Credentials from Web Browsers - T1555.003 (58a3e6aa-4453-4cc8-a51f-4befe80b31a8) Attack Pattern 5
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 5
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 5
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 5
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 5
Unsecured Credentials - T1552 (435dfb86-2697-4867-85b5-2fef496c0517) Attack Pattern Private Keys - T1552.004 (60b508a1-6a5e-46b1-821a-9f7b78752abf) Attack Pattern 5
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 5
Archive via Custom Method - T1560.003 (143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b) Attack Pattern Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 5
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 5
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Wi-Fi Discovery - T1016.002 (494ab9f0-36e0-4b06-b10d-57285b040a06) Attack Pattern 5
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 5