The Register
The US government, in full pre-presidential election high alert, has issued a warning about an evolved strain of backdoor malware from a Russian offensive cyber unit.
The Zebrocy backdoor, warned the CISA infosec agency, has evolved – and while the agency didn’t explicitly link it to Russia, previous research from the private sector made it abundantly clear who the malware’s operators are.
Two Windows executables identified as a new variant of the Zebrocy backdoor were submitted for analysis. The file is designed to allow a remote operator to perform various functions on the compromised system, said the CISA in an advisory published overnight.