US Cyber Command starts uploading foreign APT malware to VirusTotal

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cyber-command-starts-uploading-foreign-apt-malware-to-virustotal/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
November 8, 2018

On Monday, the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), a subordinate unit of 
US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), set in motion a new initiative through 
which the DOD would share malware samples it discovered on its networks 
with the broader cybersecurity community.

The CNMF kicked off this new project by creating an account on VirusTotal, 
an online file scanning service that also doubles as an online malware 
repository, and by uploading two malware samples.

In addition, USCYBERCOM also created a new Twitter account where it would 
tweet a link to all new VirusTotal malware uploads.

USCYBERCOM's decision was met with universal praise by leading voices from 
the cybersecurity private sector.

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