There’s a renewed weapon of malware destruction in the
fields of war, and it goes by the name “Machete.” A targeted attack campaign
that kicked off in 2010 and now boasts an improved infrastructure, Machete has
mostly hit victims in Ecuador and Venezuela, with a smattering of victims in
other countries from the U.S. to Malaysia. Some of those affected are reportedly
military and intelligence organizations, embassies, and government agencies.
Machete is cyber-espionage malware that can log keystrokes, capture audio from a computer’s microphone, grab geolocation data, and copy files to a remote server or even to a special USB device, among other things.
Machete is cyber-espionage malware that can log keystrokes, capture audio from a computer’s microphone, grab geolocation data, and copy files to a remote server or even to a special USB device, among other things.
