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Mind the (air) gap: GoldenJackal gooses government guardrails

ID: 0db5202e-eac0-5e72-80f0-07e4ee4a5c85

STIX ID: report--0db5202e-eac0-5e72-80f0-07e4ee4a5c85

Feed Name: WeLiveSecurity (ESET Research)

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2024-10-07

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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ESET documents GoldenJackal, an APT targeting government and diplomatic entities from 2019–2024, revealing two bespoke toolsets (2019 and 2022–2024) designed to compromise air-gapped systems via USB-based workflows. The report details components (GoldenDealer, GoldenHowl, GoldenRobo, GoldenUsbCopy/Go, GoldenAce, exfiltration modules), C2 infrastructure, IoCs (hashes, IPs, emails), and mapped MITRE ATT&CK techniques used for espionage and data exfiltration.

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