FBI and NSA Disclose Malware Used by Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ (1)

The U.S. National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that hackers from Russia’s military intelligence unit created malware to spy on Linux systems widely used by the U.S. defense industry.

The previously undisclosed malware is called “Drovorub” and was created by the Russian hacking group known as “Fancy Bear,” part of the GRU military intelligence unit. The disclosure on Thursday in a cybersecurity advisory is intended to “counter the capabilities of the GRU” -- a unit whose hackers became infamous for their cyber-attacks in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election in 2016.

“This malware represents a ...