Not All That Glitters Is Gold: Tracking CopperDragon’s Sparrow Framework Around the Globe

What happened?

Key Points During a year-long investigation, Check Point Research identified three distinct operational clusters spanning Latin America, Asia, and Europe targeting telecommunications providers, government organizations, military entities, research institutions, and critical infrastructure. The clusters, SilentDelivery, OceanGate and DarkWire, are linked through shared infrastructure features and malware code similarities within the Sparrow malware framework.