China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America
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China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America

The Hacker News · Sep 17, 2026

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China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America
Security September 17, 2026

The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreported backdoor called SparroWocky in attacks targeting multiple countries in Latin America since at least August 2025. "SparroWocky is a modular, C++ backdoor," ESET security researchers Alexandre Côté Cyr and Romain Dumont said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News

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