ESET_Machete.pdf

**ESET whitepaper — Machete:** Technical analysis of a long‑running Spanish‑language cyberespionage operation targeting Latin American entities (notably the Venezuelan military). The report describes Python-based backdoors and downloaders delivered via spearphishing (self‑extracting archives), persistence via scheduled tasks, extensive data collection (screenshots, keylogging, clipboard, browser profiles, GIS and office documents), exfiltration over FTP/HTTP and removable media, geolocation via Mozilla Location Service, layered obfuscation, and comprehensive IOCs (file hashes, domains, IPs, and MITRE technique mappings).