MacMa can collect then exfiltrate files from the compromised system.3
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MacMa S1016
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- macOS
- Created
- 6 May 2022
- Last modified
- 21 October 2025
MacMa is a macOS-based backdoor with a large set of functionalities to control and exfiltrate files from a compromised computer. MacMa has been observed in the wild since November 2021.[1] MacMa shares command and control and unique libraries with MgBot and Nightdoor, indicating a relationship with the Daggerfly threat actor.[2]
27
TechniquesTop 10%
11
TacticsTop 2%
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S1016
MacMa can collect the username from the compromised machine.6
MacMa exfiltrates data from a supplied path over its C2 channel.7
MacMa can use Core Graphics Event Taps to intercept user keystrokes from any text input field and saves them to text files. Text input fields include Spotlight, Finder, Safari, Mail, Messages, and other apps that have text fields for passwords.89
Standing S1016
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool 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
Techniques27Top 10%
90th percentile · 90% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics11Top 2%
98th percentile · 98% 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 / technique5med
Detection coverage S1016
486 distinct rules cover the 27 techniques recorded for this tool. The 517 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 486 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 333 Sigma · 153 Splunk.
26 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage486 distinct rules in total
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