HEXANE

Also known as: HEXANE, Lyceum, Siamesekitten, Spirlin, COBALT LYCEUM, UNC1530, MYSTICDOME, siamesekitten, Chrono Kitten, Storm-0133, LYCEUM

HEXANE 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’s TTPs appear similar to APT33 and OilRig but due to differences in victims and tools it is tracked as a separate entity. Dragos Hexane Kaspersky Lyceum October 2021 ClearSky Siamesekitten August 2021 Accenture Lyceum Targets November 2021

🌍 Country Iran
🎯 Incident Type Espionage
🧭 ATT&CK G1001
Government Energy High-Tech Telecomms Education Military Defense

Introduction

HEXANE 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’s TTPs appear similar to APT33 and OilRig but due to differences in victims and tools it is tracked as a separate entity. Dragos Hexane Kaspersky Lyceum October 2021 ClearSky Siamesekitten August 2021 Accenture Lyceum Targets November 2021

Activities and Tactics

Targeted Sectors: Government, Energy, High-Tech, Telecomms, Education, Military, Defense

Country of Origin: 🇮🇷 Iran

Incident Type: Espionage

Suspected Victims: Israel, Middle East

Notable Campaigns

Information pending cataloguing.

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

Information pending cataloguing.

Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.

Malware and Tools

Information pending cataloguing.

Attribution and Evidence

Country of Origin: Iran Additional attribution information pending cataloguing.

References

[1] MITRE ATT&CK MITRE ATT&CK entry [2] Dragos Hexane [3] Kaspersky Lyceum October 2021 [4] ClearSky Siamesekitten August 2021 [5] Accenture Lyceum Targets November 2021