{
  "id": 8032488,
  "title": "China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/china-aligned-famoussparrow-deploys-sparrowocky-backdoor-across-latin",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-17T10:05:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/china-aligned-famoussparrow-deploys.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "China’s FamousSparrow hackers target Latin America with new backdoor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/chinas-famoussparrow-hackers-target-latin-america-with-new-backdoor",
        "published": "2026-09-17T16:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}