Cyber threats / Threat actors

El Machete

Sponsor not attributed · ATT&CK G0095
2
APAC targets
11
Techniques
0
Incidents
0
News · 30d
Profile
Also known as: APT-C-43, G0095, Machete, machete-apt

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.

ATT&CK techniques · 11
Initial Access
Execution
Stealth
Incidents attributed
  • No incident in the register is attributed to this actor.
In the news
  • No Asia-Pacific article names this actor yet.
Targets
Elsewhere: Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Ecuador, Spain, France, Peru, Russia, Sweden, United States, Venezuela
Sectors: Government, Military
Relevance to the EU
EU relevance: High
Targets EU member states (Belgium, Germany, Spain, France and 1 more) as well as 2 Asia-Pacific countries
19 EU cooperation projects in the Asia-Pacific countries this actor targets:
Trade & Investment
6
Development Cooperation
3
Infrastructure & Transport
2
Governance & Rule of Law
2
Education & Skills
2
Peace & Security
1
Research & Innovation
1
Digital & ICT
1
Threats to the EU →
References
Sources: MISP, MITRE