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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