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G0090: WIRTE

WIRTE is a cyberespionage actor, believed to be a subgroup of the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Cybergang, that has been active since at least August 2018. WIRTE has targeted diplomatic, financial, military, legal, and technology organizations across the Middle East, North Africa, and in Europe to gather intelligence. WIRTE has remained persistently active despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and has expanded their operations to include wiper malware attacks against Israeli targets.[1][2][3][4]

EnterpriseG0090GroupObject v3.0Modified
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G0090: WIRTE describes [WIRTE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0090) is a cyberespionage actor, believed to be a subgroup of the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Cybergang, that has been active since at least August 2018. [WIRTE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0090) has targeted diplomatic, financial, military, legal, and technology organizations across the Middle East, North Africa, and in Europe to gather intelligence. [WIRTE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0090) has remained persistently active despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and ...

Executive priority

G0090: WIRTE is an official MITRE ATT&CK group. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate G0090: WIRTE by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (the platforms named in the official object), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata

Detection direction

  • Validate whether G0090: WIRTE appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
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Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

WIRTE

WIRTE is a cyberespionage actor, believed to be a subgroup of the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Cybergang, that has been active since at least August 2018. WIRTE has targeted diplomatic, financial, military, legal, and technology organizations across the Middle East, North Africa, and in Europe to gather intelligence. WIRTE has remained persistently active despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and has expanded their operations to include wiper malware attacks against Israeli targets.[1][2][3][4]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

26 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1059.001PowerShellSub-technique

WIRTE has used PowerShell for script execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1571Non-Standard Port

WIRTE has used HTTPS over ports 2083 and 2087 for C2.[2]

EnterpriseT1059.005Visual BasicSub-technique

WIRTE has used VBScript in its operations.[1]

EnterpriseT1114.001Local Email CollectionSub-technique

WIRTE has collected documents from victims' email accounts.[4]

EnterpriseT1204.002Malicious FileSub-technique

WIRTE has attempted to lure users into opening malicious documents including MS Word and Excel files, at times using a decoy document to encourage execution of malicious payloads.[2][3][4]

EnterpriseT1608.001Upload MalwareSub-technique

WIRTE has directed victims to malicious payloads staged on file sharing services.[4]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

WIRTE has used Base64 to decode malicious VBS script.[1]

EnterpriseT1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentSub-technique

WIRTE has sent emails to intended victims with malicious MS Word and Excel attachments.[2]

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

WIRTE has used the Windows command line as part of infection chains to open documents.[3]

EnterpriseT1204.001Malicious LinkSub-technique

WIRTE has used links embedded in emails to lure users into downloading malicious files.[3]

EnterpriseT1036.005Match Legitimate Resource Name or LocationSub-technique

WIRTE has used security service provider naming conventions such as ESET and Kasperky ("Kaspersky Update Agent") in order to appear legitimate.[2][3]

EnterpriseT1074.001Local Data StagingSub-technique

WIRTE has staged collected documents of interest in `C:\Users\Public folder`.[4]

EnterpriseT1588.002ToolSub-technique

WIRTE has obtained and used Empire and Rclone for post-exploitation activities.[1][4]

EnterpriseT1586.002Email AccountsSub-technique

WIRTE has used compromised emails, including one belonging to an Israel-based technology reseller, to deliver targeted spearphishing messages.[3]

EnterpriseT1041Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

WIRTE has exfiltrated collected victim data to C2 infrastructure.[4]

EnterpriseT1583.001DomainsSub-technique

WIRTE has registered domains designed to mimic legitimate sites for use in phishing campaigns.[3][4]

EnterpriseT1071.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

WIRTE has used HTTP for network communication.[1]

EnterpriseT1574.001DLLSub-technique

WIRTE has used RAR archives containing a legitimate executable and a lure document to execute malicious DLLs via sideloading.[3]

EnterpriseT1497.001System ChecksSub-technique

WIRTE has configured C2 servers to check location and user-agent strings for victim endpoints to prevent sending a payload to sandboxed environments.[4]

EnterpriseT1566.002Spearphishing LinkSub-technique

WIRTE has sent targeted spearphishing emails with malicious links directing victims to malware downloads.[3]

EnterpriseT1684.001ImpersonationSub-technique

WIRTE has used utilized look-alike domains and graphics of trusted security solution providers to entice victims to click on phishing links.[3]

EnterpriseT1106Native API

WIRTE has used the `RtlIpv4StringToAddressA` to convert IP-formatted string to a byte array.[3]

EnterpriseT1218.010Regsvr32Sub-technique

WIRTE has used `regsvr32.exe` to trigger the execution of a malicious script.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

WIRTE has downloaded PowerShell code from the C2 server to be executed.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.015CompressionSub-technique

WIRTE has compressed malicious files within RAR and ZIP archives for obfuscation. [3][4]

EnterpriseT1027.010Command ObfuscationSub-technique

WIRTE has XOR encrypted command line strings to conceal malware execution chains.[3]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

MalwareEnterprise

S9030: SameCoin

SameCoin is a multi-platform wiper with Windows and Android versions that has been used by WIRTE to target entities in the Middle East including in Israel.[1]

WindowsAndroid
ToolEnterprise

S0363: Empire

Empire is an open-source, cross-platform remote administration and post-exploitation framework that is publicly available on GitHub. While the tool itself is primarily written in Python, the post-exploitation agents are written in pure PowerShell for Windows and Python for Linux/macOS. Empire was one of five tools singled out by a joint report on public hacking tools being widely used by adversaries.[1][2][3]

LinuxmacOSWindows
MalwareEnterprise

S9029: IronWind

IronWind is a custom loader malware that has been in use since at least 2023 by actors including WIRTE to target entities in the Middle East.[1]

Windows
ToolEnterprise

S1040: Rclone

Rclone is a command line program for syncing files with cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, and MEGA. Rclone has been used in a number of ransomware campaigns, including those associated with the Conti and DarkSide Ransomware-as-a-Service operations.[1][2][3][4][5]

LinuxWindowsmacOS
MalwareEnterprise

S1229: Havoc

Havoc is an open-source post-exploitation command and control (C2) framework first released on GitHub in October 2022 by C5pider (Paul Ungur), who continues to maintain and develop it with community contributors. Havoc provides a wide range of offensive security capabilities and has been adopted by multiple threat actors to establish and maintain control over compromised systems.

LinuxmacOSWindows
MalwareEnterprise

S9031: AshTag

AshTag is a modular .NET backdoor with multiple features that has been used by WIRTE since at least 2025. AshTag is designed for persistence and remote command execution and can masquerade as a legitimate VisualServer utility.[1]

Windows
Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · TechniqueT1059.001: PowerShellEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1571: Non-Standard PortEnterpriseuses · MalwareS0680: LitePowerEnterpriseuses · MalwareS9030: SameCoinEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1059.005: Visual BasicEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1114.001: Local Email CollectionEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1204.002: Malicious FileEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1608.001: Upload MalwareEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or InformationEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1566.001: Spearphishing AttachmentEnterpriseuses · MalwareS0679: FerociousEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1059.003: Windows Command ShellEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1204.001: Malicious LinkEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1036.005: Match Legitimate Resource Name or LocationEnterpriseuses · ToolS0363: EmpireEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1074.001: Local Data StagingEnterpriseuses · MalwareS9029: IronWindEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1588.002: ToolEnterpriseuses · ToolS1040: RcloneEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1586.002: Email AccountsEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1041: Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1583.001: DomainsEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1071.001: Web ProtocolsEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1574.001: DLLEnterprise
Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
3.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
462f86ada23e9049...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.23.0Current bundle462f86ada23e…
19.13.0Older bundle9c8f97a703bc…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

  1. [1]
    Lab52 WIRTE Apr 2019

    S2 Grupo. (2019, April 2). WIRTE Group attacking the Middle East. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    Kaspersky WIRTE November 2021

    Yamout, M. (2021, November 29). WIRTE’s campaign in the Middle East ‘living off the land’ since at least 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

    Open source URL
  3. [3]
    Check Point Wirte NOV 2024

    Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.

    Open source URL
  4. [4]
    Palo Alto Ashen Lepus DEC 2025

    Unit 42. (2025, December 11). Hamas-Affiliated Ashen Lepus Targets Middle Eastern Diplomatic Entities With New AshTag Malware Suite. Retrieved April 20, 2026.

    Open source URL
  5. [5]
    Ashen Lepus

    (Citation: Palo Alto Ashen Lepus DEC 2025)

  6. [6]
    WIRTE

    (Citation: Lab52 WIRTE Apr 2019)

  7. [7]
    mitre-attackG0090
    Open source URL
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