{"description":"Trending threats, MITRE ATT\u0026CK coverage, and detection metadata. Fed continuously.","favicon":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/favicon-32x32.png","feed_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/actors/copperdragon/feed.json","home_page_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/","icon":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/apple-touch-icon.png","items":[{"_cs_actors":["CopperDragon"],"_cs_cpes":[],"_cs_cves":[],"_cs_exploited":true,"_cs_has_poc":false,"_cs_poc_references":[],"_cs_products":[],"_cs_severities":["high"],"_cs_tags":["China-nexus","Espionage"],"_cs_type":"threat","_cs_vendors":[],"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCheck Point Research is tracking three distinct threat activity clusters: SilentDelivery, OceanGate, and DarkWire. These clusters, linked to the CopperDragon entity, utilize the Sparrow malware ecosystem.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilentDelivery: Uses watering hole attacks with jsjiami-obfuscated JavaScript to distribute trojanized \u0026quot;Certificate Fix\u0026quot; utilities, deploying backdoors like SquadC and variants of SparrowDoor.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOceanGate: Targets Linux and Windows environments using backdoors (AnnobinDoor, SparrowShell) and post-exploitation tools (CopperAdu, CopperList, CopperLogger, CopperLsa). Kernel rootkits and WinDivert drivers have been observed to facilitate evasion and traffic interception.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDarkWire: Targets telecommunications and government entities in Latin America using tools like CopperLoader, CopperDoor, and CopperDNS (which uses DNS tunneling via MX queries).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopperDragon is assessed to be a digital quartermaster for China-nexus actors including FamousSparrow, Earth Estries, Tropic Trooper, UAT-9244, and UAT-8302.\u003c/p\u003e\n","date_modified":"2026-11-10T20:02:01Z","date_published":"2026-11-10T20:02:01Z","id":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-sparrow-malware/","summary":"Check Point Research identified three China-nexus espionage clusters (SilentDelivery, OceanGate, and DarkWire) linked by a shared malware ecosystem known as Sparrow. These clusters target telecommunications, government, military, research, and critical infrastructure across Latin America, Asia, and Europe.","title":"CopperDragon: Sparrow Malware Ecosystem and Espionage Campaigns","url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-sparrow-malware/"}],"language":"en","title":"CraftedSignal Threat Feed - CopperDragon","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}