Chaka chatha, National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) yaku UK idapeza mtundu wina waukazitape wa SparrowDoor pa intaneti yosadziwika yaku UK. Kusanthula kwakusinthaku kudasindikizidwa lero, komwe tsopano kumatha kuba data pa clipboard, mwa zina. Kuphatikiza apo, zisonyezo zosagwirizana ndi malamulo a Yara zapezeka zomwe zimalola mabungwe kuti azindikire pulogalamu yaumbanda mkati mwamaneti awo.
Mtundu woyamba wa SparrowDoor unapezedwa ndi kampani ya antivayirasi ESET ndipo akuti idagwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana ndi mahotela padziko lonse lapansi, komanso motsutsana ndi maboma. Owukirawo adagwiritsa ntchito zofooka mu Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint ndi Oracle Opera kuti alowe m'mabungwe. Mabungwe okhudzidwa anali ku Canada, Israel, France, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand ndi United Kingdom, pakati pa ena. ESET sinaulule cholinga chenicheni cha omwe akuukirawo.
NCSC yaku Britain ikuti idapeza mtundu wa SparrowDoor pa netiweki yaku Britain chaka chatha. Mtunduwu ukhoza kuba data pa clipboard ndikuyang'ana pamndandanda wazolimba ngati mapulogalamu ena a antivayirasi akuyenda. Kusinthaku kungathenso kutsanzira chizindikiro cha akaunti ya ogwiritsa ntchito pokhazikitsa ma intaneti. Zikuoneka kuti "kutsitsa" uku kwachitika kukhala kosaoneka bwino, zomwe zingatheke ngati zikuchita mauthenga a pa intaneti pansi pa akaunti ya SYSTEM, mwachitsanzo.
Chinthu china chatsopano ndi kubedwa kwamitundu yosiyanasiyana Windows API ntchito. Sizikudziwika nthawi yomwe pulogalamu yaumbanda imagwiritsa ntchito "kukoka kwa API" ndi "kusanzira zizindikiro", koma malinga ndi British NCSC, omwe akuwukirawo akupanga zisankho zachitetezo mozindikira. Zambiri za netiweki yomwe yawukira kapena omwe ali kumbuyo kwa pulogalamu yaumbanda sizikuperekedwa.