WIRTE threat group

WIRTE is a threat group thought to operate from Palestinian Territories. Public reporting links it to 10 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

Attack techniques
10
Public reports
2
Thought to operate from
Palestinian Territories
Other names
None
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is WIRTE?

WIRTE is tracked under one name in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

What public reporting says

WIRTE is a threat actor group that was first discovered in 2018. They are suspected to be part of the Gaza Cybergang, an Arabic politically motivated cyber criminal group. WIRTE has been observed changing their toolkit and operating methods to remain undetected for longer periods of time. They primarily target governmental and political entities, but have also been known to target law firms and financial institutions.

How it works

How does WIRTE attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 10 linked to WIRTE, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 8 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 7 of 15

Hiding

Disguising what they are doing so it blends in with normal activity.

3 techniques
  • T1036Masquerading
  • T1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
  • T1218System Binary Proxy Execution
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WIRTE is a threat group thought to operate from Palestinian Territories. Public reporting links it to 10 attack techniques.

Public reporting places WIRTE as operating from Palestinian Territories. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

Public reporting links WIRTE to 10 attack techniques. Most of them are about hiding, keeping contact with their servers and running code.

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