The US Cyber Command ‘s Cyber National Mission Force has uploaded eight malware samples to its VirusTotal account, linking them to Russian espionage groups.

While six out of those samples belong to ComRAT malware, the rest two belong to Zebrocy malware. These have victims mostly in Europe and Central Asia. Also, the FBI and CISA have published advisories regarding these.

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The US Cybersecurity agencies are so active to track and report about external groups, that are attacking their infrastructure in several ways. In one such reporting, the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) of US Cyber Command has uploaded eight new samples of malware to its VirusTotal account.

An implant dropper dubbed #ComRATv4 recently attributed by @CISAgov and @FBI to Russian sponsored APT, Turla. It was likely used to target ministries of foreign affairs and national parliament. @CNMF_CyberAlert continues to disclose #malware samples on: https://t.co/fSgk1xpG8t pic.twitter.com/c2jmozTAyB — USCYBERCOM Cybersecurity Alert (@CNMF_CyberAlert) October 29, 2020