FamousSparrow, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor thought to be retired, is not only active, but has been targeting government, financial organizations, and research institutes, for years now, ...

While helping the affected entity remediate the compromise, we made an unexpected discovery in the victim’s network: malicious tools belonging to FamousSparrow, a China-aligned APT group.

The FamousSparrow APT group has infiltrated a trade group in the financial sector in the United States, a research institute in Mexico, and a governmental institution in Honduras, according to new ...

A China-linked cyberespionage group known as 'FamousSparrow' was observed using a new modular version of its signature backdoor 'SparrowDoor' against a US-based trade organization. The activity ...

China-linked hacking group FamousSparrow seems to be back in action after several years of inactivity –- and with a revamped cyber arsenal. According to an ESET report published on March 26, ...

FamousSparrow was first documented by the Slovak cybersecurity company in September 2021 in connection with a series of cyberattacks. In light of this recent return of Chinese threat actor ...

The group, tracked by ESET as FamousSparrow, was seen deploying two undocumented variants of the known SparrowDoor backdoor ...

After a long period of dormancy, the Chinese hacker group FamousSparrow is active again. According to the IT security company ESET, the group has become increasingly dangerous and has deployed new, ...

Earlier this week, the widely used Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ( CVE) program faced doom as the US government ...

This week, an update from Signal, FamousSparrow is back, a suspected Snowflake hacker agreed to U.S. extradition, a hack disrupted train tickets sales in Ukraine, Google patched a Chrome zero-day, SEO ...

The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a Mexican research institute. The gang also ...