Threat Actor

Stealth Falcon

Also known as: Stealth Falcon

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.

16
Techniques
0
indicators on this record

Properties

Last source
MITRE ATT&CK
STIX ID
intrusion-set--894aab42-3371-47b1-8859-a4a074c804c8
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Retrieved at
2026-11-02T12:53:29+00:00
Type
intrusion-set

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (16)

▸
Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059)

Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries. These interfaces and languages provide ways of intera

▸
Credentials from Password Stores (T1555)

Adversaries may search for common password storage locations to obtain user credentials. Passwords are stored in several

▸
Credentials from Web Browsers (T1555.003)

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser. Web bro

▸
Data from Local System (T1005)

Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to

▸
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041)

Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an existing command and control channel. Stolen data is encoded into the normal communications chan

▸
PowerShell (T1059.001)

Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution. PowerShell is a powerful interactive command-line interface and scripting environ

▸
Process Discovery (T1057)

Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system. Information obtained could be used to gain an understanding of common

▸
Query Registry (T1012)

Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software. The Registry contai

▸
Scheduled Task (T1053.005)

Adversaries may abuse the Windows Task Scheduler to perform task scheduling for initial or recurring execution of malicious code. There are multiple w

▸
Symmetric Cryptography (T1573.001)

Adversaries may employ a known symmetric encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections p

▸
System Information Discovery (T1082)

An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and

▸
System Network Configuration Discovery (T1016)

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through info

▸
System Owner/User Discovery (T1033)

Adversaries may attempt to identify the primary user, currently logged in user, set of users that commonly uses a system, or whether a user is activel

▸
Web Protocols (T1071.001)

Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols associated with web traffic to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with exi

▸
Windows Credential Manager (T1555.004)

Adversaries may acquire credentials from the Windows Credential Manager. The Credential Manager stores credentials for signing into websites, applicat

▸
Windows Management Instrumentation (T1047)

Adversaries may abuse Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute malicious commands and payloads. WMI is designed for programmers and is the

Explore this actor's full graph with Ninja Signal

Stealth Falcon — Threat Actor Profile — Ninja Signal | Ninja Signal