Number: AL20-021
Date: 14 August 2020
AUDIENCE
This Alert is intended for IT professionals and managers of notified organizations.
PURPOSE
An Alert is used to raise awareness of a recently identified cyber threat that may impact cyber information assets, and to provide additional detection and mitigation advice to recipients. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security ("Cyber Centre") is also available to provide additional assistance regarding the content of this Alert to recipients as requested.
ASSESSMENT
On 13 August 2020 the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) produced a joint Cybersecurity Advisory exposing previously undisclosed malware known as Drovorub, designed to target systems running the Linux operating system. The Cyber Centre would like to highlight the Advisory, as it provides important prevention, detection and mitigation advice to system owners and operators responsible for defending their systems and networks from cyber threats.
Should organizations identify similar activity to that described in the referenced Advisory, recipients are encouraged to contact the Cyber Centre by email (contact@cyber.gc.ca) or by telephone (1-833-CYBER-88 or 1-833-292-3788).
REFERENCES
Technical Summary:
https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/13/2002476465/-1/-1/0/CSA_DROVORUB_RUSSIAN_GRU_MALWARE_AUG_2020.PDF
NOTE TO READERS
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) operates as part of the Communications Security Establishment. We are Canada's national authority on cyber security and we lead the government's response to cyber security events. As Canada's national computer security incident response team, the Cyber Centre works in close collaboration with government departments, critical infrastructure , Canadian businesses and international partners to prepare for, respond to, mitigate, and recover from cyber events. We do this by providing authoritative advice and support, and coordinating information sharing and incident response. The Cyber Centre is outward-facing, welcoming partnerships that help build a stronger, more resilient cyber space in Canada.