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As Marcus Hutchins was on his way home to the UK after attending Def Con and Black Hat in Las Vegas, NV, the FBI arrested him. This event sparked immediate internet outcry, especially among the cybersecurity community, as Hutchins was better known as M… Continue reading MalwareTech, WannaCry and Kronos – Understanding the Connections
Marcus Hutchins, also known by his online alias MalwareTech, has been spared jail time in his sentencing for the creation of the Kronos malware. Continue reading ‘WannaCry Hero’ Avoids Jail Time in Kronos Malware Charges
Marcus Hutchins, better known as MalwareTech, has been sentenced to “time served” and one year of supervised release for developing and selling the Kronos banking malware.
Yes, Hutchins will not go to prison, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmue… Continue reading Judge Rules No Jail Time for WannaCry ‘Killer’ Marcus Hutchins, a.k.a. MalwareTech
A British cybersecurity researcher best known for halting the spread of the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak two years ago will avoid prison for creating banking malware that surfaced in 2014. A federal judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin on Friday sentenced 25-year-old Marcus Hutchins to time served and one year of supervised release, according to reporters in the courtroom. The decision brings to a dramatic close a legal saga that has absorbed the cybersecurity community for years. Hutchins, also known by the Twitter handle “MalwareTech,” had faced up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty in April to two counts related to writing and distributing the Kronos banking trojan, and another piece of malware known as UPAS Kit. Hutchins created Kronos as a black hat hacker, a life he disavowed before the WannaCry ransomware virus infected more than 200,000 computers in roughly 150 countries in May 2017. Hutchins, working as a security researcher at […]
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WannaCry’s “accidental hero” pleads guilty to malware charges, Samsung and Nokia have fingerprint fumbles, the NCSC publishes a list of 100,000 dreadful passwords, and Apple finds itself at the centre of an identity mix-up.
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The malware researcher has pleaded guilty to two out of 10 charges; one with creating the Kronos malware and the other with conspiracy. Continue reading WannaCry Hero Pleads Guilty to Kronos Malware Charges
By Ryan De Souza
MalwareTech is now facing 10 years in prison. In 2017, Marcus Hutchin who goes by the Twitter handle of MalwareTech halted the infamous WannaCry ransomware after registering its killswitch domain. As a result, Hutchin was hailed as Wan… Continue reading WannaCry hero MalwareTech pleads guilty to writing banking malware
A cybersecurity researcher known for helping stop the global spread of the WannaCry ransomware variant has pleaded guilty to computer hacking crimes related to the creation of banking malware. Marcus Hutchins, a British cybersecurity researcher, was accused of writing malware known as Kronos in 2014. According to a 2017 indictment, Hutchins allegedly created and updated Kronos while another unidentified person sold the malware on dark web marketplace AlphaBay and other cybercrime forums. Kronos was designed to steal log-in credentials and other financial information from online banking websites that are accessible via Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Hutchins’ arrest made waves in the cybersecurity community after he was detained by FBI agents at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas following the 2017 DEF CON security conference. Days later, he pleaded not guilty in federal court in Milwaukee. His trial was expected to begin this summer. The two counts that Hutchins pleaded guilty to […]
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Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices. Continue reading Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware
The researcher who helped stop the WannaCry ransomware pleaded guilty to two counts of hacking for writing banking malware in 2014. Continue reading ‘WannaCry Hero’ Marcus Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Making Banking Malware