GhostEmperor
FamousSparrowUNC2286Salt TyphoonRedMikeOPERATOR PANDA
GhostEmperor is a Chinese-speaking threat actor that targets government entities and telecom companies in Southeast Asia. They employ a Windows kernel-mode rootkit called Demodex to gain remote control over their targeted servers. The actor demonstrates a high level of sophistication and uses various anti-forensic and anti-analysis techniques to evade detection. They have been active for a… Source: MISP
Attributed country: CN according to MISP
Activity on Jábega · 12 weeks
2 stories · first seen on 17 Sep 2026 · last seen on 17 Sep 2026
News
- China's FamousSparrow APT Spies on US Politics in Latin AmericaDark Reading · 17 Sep 2026
- FamousSparrow centra sus operaciones en América Latina y despliega el nuevo backdoor SparroWockyWeLiveSecurity · 17 Sep 2026
Appears alongside
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
Reconnaissance
Resource Development
T1583.003Virtual Private ServerT1584.008Network DevicesT1585.001Social Media AccountsT1587Develop Capabilities 16 Sigma rulesT1587.001Malware 10 Sigma rulesT1588.002Tool 7 Sigma rulesT1588.005Exploits
Initial Access
T1078Valid Accounts 82 Sigma rulesT1190Exploit Public-Facing Application 40 Sigma rulesT1199Trusted Relationship 1 Sigma rules
Execution
T1059.004Unix Shell 17 Sigma rulesT1059.006Python 10 Sigma rulesT1059.008Network Device CLIT1059.013Container CLI/APIT1072Software Deployment Tools 4 Sigma rulesT1569System Services 44 Sigma rulesT1610Deploy Container
Persistence
T1098.004SSH Authorized KeysT1136Create Account 18 Sigma rulesT1136.001Local Account 14 Sigma rulesT1543.005Container ServiceT1556Modify Authentication Process 18 Sigma rules
Privilege Escalation
Credential Access
T1040Network Sniffing 7 Sigma rulesT1110.001Password Guessing 2 Sigma rulesT1110.002Password Cracking 1 Sigma rulesT1552.001Credentials In Files 20 Sigma rules
Discovery
T1016System Network Configuration Discovery 4 Sigma rulesT1018Remote System Discovery 9 Sigma rulesT1046Network Service Discovery 17 Sigma rulesT1082System Information Discovery 18 Sigma rules
Lateral Movement
Collection
T1005Data from Local System 12 Sigma rulesT1602.001SNMP (MIB Dump)T1602.002Network Device Configuration Dump
Command and Control
T1071.001Web Protocols 39 Sigma rulesT1071.002File Transfer ProtocolsT1090Proxy 31 Sigma rulesT1090.003Multi-hop Proxy 3 Sigma rulesT1095Non-Application Layer Protocol 3 Sigma rulesT1105Ingress Tool Transfer 40 Sigma rulesT1132.001Standard Encoding 4 Sigma rulesT1571Non-Standard Port 5 Sigma rulesT1572Protocol Tunneling 23 Sigma rules
Exfiltration
Stealth
T1027.010Command Obfuscation 8 Sigma rulesT1070.003Clear Command History 9 Sigma rulesT1070.007Clear Network Connection History and ConfigurationsT1070.009Clear Persistence
Defense impairment
Relationships come from co-occurrence in the news, not attribution. Sources: MISP galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and SigmaHQ. attack.mitre.org ↗