Metador
MITRE ATT&CK: G1013 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Metador
- First seen
- 2022-09-01 00:00:00
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:05:37
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications education-and-nonprofits
Targeted regions: country_code:ae country_code:sa country_code:eg
Context
Metador is a suspected cyber espionage group that was first reported in September 2022. Metador has targeted a limited number of telecommunication companies, internet service providers, and universities in the Middle East and Africa. Security researchers named the group Metador based on the "I am meta" string in one of the group's malware samples and the expectation of Spanish-language responses from C2 servers.
Detection coverage
- 165 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Malware (attack-pattern)
- Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription (attack-pattern)
- Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
- Tool (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Mafalda (malware)
- metaMain (malware)
Reports & references
- sentinelone.com — The Mystery Of Metador Unpicking Mafaldas Anti Analysis Techniques (report)
- sentinelone.com — The Mystery Of Metador An Unattributed Threat Hiding In Telcos Isps And Universities (report)
- assets.sentinelone.com — Metador (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — G1013 (report)