It’s been reported that The Cyber National Mission Force in the US is now uploading malware samples it finds to VirusTotal. IT security experts commented below.
Chris Doman, Threat Engineer at AlienVault:
“Hopefully, these additions from the US Cyber Command will be another useful source of malware which will help the industry to defend against it. However, downloading files requires paid access to VirusTotal Enterprise, so this should be useful for security vendors, but most “hobby” malware analysts won’t have access to the files.
“You can view the files at https://www.virustotal.com/en/user/CYBERCOM_Malware_Alert/”
Javvad Malik, Security Advocate at AlienVault:
“We hope to see more governments and companies share data openly to further the security community’s efforts.”
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