{"id":59810,"date":"2018-11-12T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59810"},"modified":"2018-11-12T12:08:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:08:23","slug":"u-s-government-shares-malware-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/u-s-government-shares-malware-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Begins Sharing Malware Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Malware Samples Shared Between Public Sector &amp; U.S. Government<\/h4>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cybercom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/1681533\/new-cnmf-initiative-shares-malware-samples-with-cybersecurity-industry\/\">U.S. Cyber Command<\/a>, the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) will be sharing different malware samples with the public sector.\u00a0 It is believed by doing so, the U.S. government can better serve the public to actively thwart cyber attacks.\u00a0 So far, different malicious\u00a0variants have been uploaded to the malware search-engine and repository, VirusTotal.\u00a0 However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/8xpa7k\/us-military-cybercom-publicly-dumped-russian-government-malware-fancy-bear-apt28\">MotherBoard<\/a>, those that have been uploaded by CNMF have already been seen in the wild by various cyber security vendors.<\/p>\n<h4>Collaboration is Good, But Not Any More\u00a0Effective&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>The idea of collaboration between the government and the public sector is great.\u00a0 However, since the samples that have been uploaded aren&#8217;t new to the industry, this has yet to better equip the public sector from falling victim.\u00a0 Therefore, this sharing technique isn&#8217;t making the archaic blacklist anymore effective.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of adding more cooks in the kitchen, perhaps it&#8217;s time to find a more efficient way to protect data.\u00a0 Other areas of U.S. government, like the 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