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Machete S0409

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 13 September 2019
Last modified: 6 June 2025

Machete is a cyber espionage toolset used by Machete. It is a Python-based backdoor targeting Windows machines that was first observed in 2010.[1][2][3]

TechniquesTop 2%

TacticsTop 11%

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

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malware

Machete S0409

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 13 September 2019
Last modified: 6 June 2025

Machete is a cyber espionage toolset used by Machete. It is a Python-based backdoor targeting Windows machines that was first observed in 2010.[1][2][3]

TechniquesTop 2%

TacticsTop 11%

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

Machete MITRE reference S0409

Data from Local System T1005 ↗

Machete searches the File system for files of interest.4

Collection22 detection rules

Fallback Channels T1008 ↗

Machete has sent data over HTTP if FTP failed, and has also used a fallback server.5

Command and Control5 detection rules

Application Window Discovery T1010 ↗

Machete saves the window names.6

Discovery1 detection rules

System Network Configuration Discovery T1016 ↗

Machete collects the MAC address of the target computer and other network configuration information.7 8

Discovery25 detection rules

Wi-Fi Discovery T1016.002 ↗

Machete uses the netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid and netsh wlan show interfaces commands to list all nearby WiFi networks and connected interfaces.9

Discoveryno detection rules

Automated Exfiltration T1020 ↗

Machete’s collected files are exfiltrated automatically to remote servers.10

Exfiltration13 detection rules

Standing S0409

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this malware touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.

Reach

Techniques41Top 2%

98th percentile · 98% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.

Tactics9Top 11%

89th percentile · 89% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.

Threat group161% tie · 22 values

61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Campaigns085% tie · 8 values

85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Coverage

Rules / technique10medBottom 15%

15th percentile · 85% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.

Tests / technique3medBottom 16%

16th percentile · 84% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more atomic tests per technique.

Data comps / technique4med54% tie · 11 values

54% of the population shares a single value across only 11 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Mitigations / technique0medBottom 17%

17th percentile · 83% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more mitigations per technique.

5 of 8 axes carry an honest rank on this page. Coverage medians are taken across this malware’s 41 Enterprise techniques.

Range

Technique Campaign use over its cumulative rule count.

Campaigns · 0Sigma rules (cumulative) · 470Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 199