Famoussparrow Resurfaces To Spy On Targets In The Us, Latin America

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Once thought to beryllium dormant, nan China-aligned group has besides been observed utilizing nan privately-sold ShadowPad backdoor for nan first time

27 Mar 2025

The FamousSparrow APT group has infiltrated a waste and acquisition group successful nan financial assemblage successful nan United States, a investigation institute successful Mexico, and a governmental institution successful Honduras, according to new ESET research.

While assisting 1 of nan affected entities pinch nan remediation of nan attack, ESET's experts recovered that nan China-aligned cyberespionage outfit has deed its targets pinch 2 antecedently undocumented versions of their flagship backdoor called SparrowDoor. Importantly, nan group was besides observed utilizing nan ShadowPad backdoor for nan first time.

ESET investigation besides shows that FamousSparrow must person been difficult astatine activity processing its toolset betwixt 2022 and 2024, which proves that nan group did not cease its operations a fewer years ago, arsenic had antecedently been thought.

What other is location to cognize astir nan group's caller tactics, techniques, and procedures? Learn from ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe successful nan video and make judge to publication nan afloat blogpost.

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