National security and cybersecurity firms from the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom have actually launched a joint advisory on a malware network utilized by the Russian federal government for long-lasting intelligence collection.
The cyber espionage tool, called Snake, has actually contaminated computer systems in over 50 nations worldwide to collect delicate details from high-priority targets, consisting of research study centers and federal government networks, the National Security Agency said Tuesday.
The Hunting Russian Intelligence “Snake” Malware advisory offers technical details and mitigation suggestions to help network users in spotting and getting rid of harmful software and associated activities.
“Snake infrastructure has spread around the world. The technical details will help many organizations find and shut down the malware globally,” said Rob Joyce, director of cybersecurity at NSA and a two-time Wash100 recipient.
NSA worked together with the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and worldwide allies on the joint advisory.
