U.S. Cyber Command CNMF Shares unclassified malware samples via VirusTotal

The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) CNMF is sharing malware samples with the cybersecurity industry via VirusTotal intelligence service.

The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is providing unclassified malware samples to VirusTotal intelligence service with the intent of sharing them with cybersecurity industry.

The USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) is going to share the unclassified malware samples on the CYBERCOM_Malware_Alert VirusTotal account.

Researchers interested in the sample can follow the USCYBERCOM malware reporting handle on Twitter.

“Today, the Cyber National Mission Force, a unit subordinate to U.S. Cyber Command, posted its first malware sample to the website VirusTotal. Recognizing the value of collaboration with the public sector, the CNMF has initiated an effort to share unclassified malware samples it has discovered that it believes will have the greatest impact on improving global cybersecurity.” USCYBERCOM stated.

“Recognizing the value of collaboration with the public sector, the CNMF has initiated an effort to share unclassified malware samples it has discovered that it believes will have the greatest impact on improving global cybersecurity.”

CNMF was launched to improve information sharing on the cyber threats and allow early detection of the activities of malicious cyber actors.

The first samples shared by CNMF on VirusTotal belong to the Lojack (LoJax) family, in May several LoJack agents were found to be connecting to servers that are believed to be controlled by the notorious Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group.

The samples recently shared appears to be associated with the UEFI rootkit discovered in September by the malware researchers from ESET.

Personally, I believe that this initiative of really important to rapidly profile threat actors and mitigate the spreading of malicious codes.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – USCYBERCOM, malware)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.