Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
Stealth Falcon is a threat group that has conducted targeted spyware attacks against Emirati journalists, activists, and dissidents since at least 2012. Circumstantial evidence suggests there could be a link between this group and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, but that has not been confirmed. (Citation: Citizen Lab Stealth Falcon May 2016)
Confidence Score
Known Aliases
Stealth Falcon
Tags
mitre-attack
stix-2.1
intrusion-set
First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
Unknown
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (16)
Indicators of Compromise
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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Stealth Falcon'],
'created': '2017-05-31T21:32:06.390Z',
'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'description': '[Stealth Falcon](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0038) is a '
'threat group that has conducted targeted spyware attacks '
'against Emirati journalists, activists, and dissidents since '
'at least 2012. Circumstantial evidence suggests there could '
'be a link between this group and the United Arab Emirates '
'(UAE) government, but that has not been confirmed. (Citation: '
'Citizen Lab Stealth Falcon May 2016)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0038',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0038'},
{'description': '(Citation: Citizen Lab Stealth '
'Falcon May 2016)',
'source_name': 'Stealth Falcon'},
{'description': 'Marczak, B. and Scott-Railton, J.. '
'(2016, May 29). Keep Calm and '
'(Don’t) Enable Macros: A New Threat '
'Actor Targets UAE Dissidents. '
'Retrieved June 8, 2016.',
'source_name': 'Citizen Lab Stealth Falcon May 2016',
'url': 'https://citizenlab.org/2016/05/stealth-falcon/'}],
'id': 'intrusion-set--894aab42-3371-47b1-8859-a4a074c804c8',
'modified': '2025-04-25T14:49:04.710Z',
'name': 'Stealth Falcon',
'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'intrusion-set',
'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'x_mitre_version': '1.2'}