Rewterz Threat Alert – APT Machete (APT-C-43) – Active IOCs

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Machete is a suspected Spanish-speaking cyber-espionage gang that has been operating since 2010. Its operations have primarily been concentrated in Latin America with a particular emphasis on Venezuela however, it has also target United States, Europe, Russia, and some parts of Asia. The primarily targets of Machete is high-profile organizations, including government agencies, intelligence services, military units, telecommunications and power firms. According to researchers, Machete’s toolkit is capable of stealing documents from the office suite and also those developed with geographic information systems (GIS) software.

Impact

• Information Theft and Espionage
• Exposure of Sensitive Data

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

• 819a0c58a7617716063ba077e8a94c5a
• 21388527c8e63a333892d922faae5826
• 2f665e4c068d2f09fef3ddf10caaef6f

SHA-256

• eb3a9cc2e409e61f40a8f569da4d7e82aa89726bf6a8fe07309760f9b425f097
• 412d99119a4df63d24897763d7700ec2951cda2719be51317c6a1ab2ea8bf769
• c6512363fc61912fad462d7d5ca5092e6afa0643e77d6fb3a2b726c37b60ee61

SHA-1

• 4e62bdd87f42e7935363c87511ec4d5780e09826
• 0ab0a63173d3c8010a18fe440073ab96d7600df1
• 7d16e97cf9c876275c16420d065f297b4069746f

Remediation

• Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
• Search for IOCs in your environment.