Threat actor
HEXANE
Last fetched
HEXANE is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 36 techniques and also known as 3 other names.
Also known as
Lyceum, Siamesekitten, Spirlin
Description
[HEXANE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1001) is a cyber espionage threat group that has targeted oil & gas, telecommunications, aviation, and internet service provider organizations since at least 2017. Targeted companies have been located in the Middle East and Africa, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, and Tunisia. [HEXANE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1001)'s TTPs appear similar to [APT33](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0064) and [OilRig](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0049) but due to differences in victims and tools it is tracked as a separate entity.(Citation: Dragos Hexane)(Citation: Kaspersky Lyceum October 2021)(Citation: ClearSky Siamesekitten August 2021)(Citation: Accenture Lyceum Targets November 2021)
Techniques by tactic
Discovery
- T1010 · Application Window Discovery
- T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1016.001 · Internet Connection Discovery
- T1018 · Remote System Discovery
- T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery
- T1049 · System Network Connections Discovery
- T1057 · Process Discovery
- T1069.001 · Local Groups
- T1082 · System Information Discovery
- T1518 · Software Discovery
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to HEXANE today — this states the absence of a published link, not that HEXANE has no infrastructure.
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1001
- https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/cyber-defense/iran-based-lyceum-campaigns
- https://www.clearskysec.com/siamesekitten/
- https://dragos.com/resource/hexane/
- https://vblocalhost.com/uploads/VB2021-Kayal-etal.pdf
- https://www.secureworks.com/blog/lyceum-takes-center-stage-in-middle-east-campaign
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Related pages
Pivot from HEXANE into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.