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Golden Falcon

Also known asgolden_falcon

Golden Falcon is a previously unknown threat actor observed during Week 3 of cyber activity tied to the March 2026 Iran-Israel-US war. The actor appeared in reporting as an operationally significant source of geolocated targeting intelligence rather than as a conventional disruptive operator. One cited post from an account identifying itself as Golden Falcon published what appeared to be satellite imagery of a military facility inside Israel and labeled it a military satellite site. Reporting states that Golden Falcon, followed later by Harvesting Time, drove a new trend in the conflict: systematic, geolocated targeting packages covering nuclear facilities, offshore gas platforms, military air bases, refineries, and individual-level location data across more than 10 countries. The content does not provide high-confidence attribution to a nation state, malware, or specific intrusion techniques beyond publication of geolocated imagery and targeting packages. Known alias in the provided content: golden_falcon. Related actor mentioned alongside it: Harvesting Time.

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OPERATIONAL PROFILE

Targeting

Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.

Who they target

Sectors the actor has been observed targeting.

  • Military

Where they target

Geographies tied to known operations.

  • 🇮🇱 Israel
MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

2 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

1 of 15 tactics2 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0043
Reconnaissance
2 techniques
T1589
Gather Victim Identity Information
T1595
Active Scanning
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Tradecraft mapping2

Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.

Malware arsenal

Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.

Exploited CVEs

CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.

Detection signatures

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Observables

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