{
  "id": "stealth-falcon",
  "name": "Stealth Falcon",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "ARE",
  "category": "Suspected state-linked cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "ARE"
  ],
  "summary": "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.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Circumstantial evidence of links to the United Arab Emirates government",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0038"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "active_since",
      "v": 2012,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0038"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "At least 2012"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0038",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0038"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "Stealth Falcon is a threat group that has conducted targeted spyware attacks against Emirati journalists, activists, and dissidents since at least 2012.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0038"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 16,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0038"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "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. Description adapted from MITRE ATT&CK®, © The MITRE Corporation, used under the ATT&CK Terms of Use.",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v20.1 (group G0038)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/stealth-falcon.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0038": {
      "title": "Stealth Falcon, Group G0038",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0038/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}