🦑NSA and FBI jointly expose the Linux malicious program Drvorub developed in Russia
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> The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued a press release that jointly disclosed the malicious software used by Russian military hackers in cyber espionage. In the detailed report disclosed on Thursday, hackers working for the Special Service Center of the 85th Army of the General Intelligence Service of the Russian General Staff (Unit 26165) used a malicious program called "Drovorub" to launch attacks specifically against Linux systems.
> These hackers are also known as APT28 or Fancy Bear. They invaded the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and often attacked defense, government, aerospace and other fields.
Although the alert did not contain specific details about the victims of "Drovorub", US officials said that they had issued alerts to multiple agencies this Thursday to raise awareness of hacking and vulnerabilities in the defense sector.
The National Security Agency and the FBI stated in the report: "The malware has posed a threat because Linux systems are widely used in the US national security system, the Department of Defense and the National Defense Industry Base."
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