El Machete APT Backdoor Dropper
- Malware type
- dropper, backdoor
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:40:14
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:ve country_code:co country_code:ec
Context
This dropper masquerades itself as Adobe software, titled as Adobe.msi. It is used to executes the python written Backdoor used by this threat actor.
Reports & references
- research.checkpoint.com — State Sponsored Attack Groups Capitalise On Russia Ukraine War For Cyber Espionage (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Elmachete Dropper 2022 (report)