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.1234
- Lab52 WIRTE Apr 2019
- Kaspersky WIRTE November 2021
- Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
- Palo Alto Ashen Lepus DEC 2025
Claims and citations
Every claim comes from a writer; provenance is the writer's assertion, not a review verdict from this directory. Validity reads by citation year.
| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also_known_as | WIRTE | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Ashen Lepus | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1571 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.005 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1114.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.002 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1608.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1140 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.003 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036.005 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1074.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1588.002 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1586.002 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1041 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1583.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1071.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1574.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1497.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.002 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1684.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1106 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.010 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.015 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.010 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1027.010 | Command Obfuscation | — |
| T1027.015 | Compression | — |
| T1036.005 | Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location | — |
| T1041 | Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | — |
| T1059.001 | PowerShell | — |
| T1059.003 | Windows Command Shell | — |
| T1059.005 | Visual Basic | — |
| T1071.001 | Web Protocols | — |
| T1074.001 | Local Data Staging | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1106 | Native API | — |
| T1114.001 | Local Email Collection | — |
| T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | — |
| T1204.001 | Malicious Link | — |
| T1204.002 | Malicious File | — |
| T1218.010 | Regsvr32 | — |
| T1497.001 | System Checks | — |
| T1566.001 | Spearphishing Attachment | — |
| T1566.002 | Spearphishing Link | — |
| T1571 | Non-Standard Port | — |
| T1574.001 | DLL | — |
| T1583.001 | Domains | — |
| T1586.002 | Email Accounts | — |
| T1588.002 | Tool | — |
| T1608.001 | Upload Malware | — |
| T1684.001 | Impersonation | — |
Aliases
Ashen Lepus · WIRTE
Reading and review
Records are auto-ingested and not human-reviewed. Confidence is the writer's 0–100 value; bands split at ≥80 / 50–79 / <50 into high / medium / low. The four trust axes (synthetic, lifecycle, band, source count) stay separate and never merge into one score.