FamousSparrow APT Expands Targeting to Azerbaijani Energy Sector

**FamousSparrow APT expands into Azerbaijani energy sector:** From late December 2025 to February 2026, the China-aligned APT FamousSparrow conducted a multi-wave cyber-espionage campaign against an Azerbaijani oil and gas company, employing evolved DLL sideloading to deploy Deed RAT and Terndoor backdoors, demonstrating increased evasion, persistence, and a notable shift of targeting into the South Caucasus energy infrastructure.