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The United States government is officially blaming North Korea for the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May that infected nearly a quarter-million computers in 150 countries. Continue reading U.S. Government Blames North Korea for WannaCry
A legal defense fund established to ease Marcus Hutchins’ attorney costs has been disbanded after a sizable number of fraudulent donations were discovered. Continue reading Fraudulent Donations Lead to Disbanding of Hutchins Legal Defense Fund
Prosecutors in the case against Marcus Hutchins, the British cybersecurity researcher recently arrested in the U.S. on charges of creating the Kronos banking malware, were this week granted a protective order keeping much of their evidence out of the public eye. The Justice Department asked the Wisconsin federal judge hearing the case for restrictions on releasing the evidence because it includes “information related to other ongoing investigations, malware, and investigative techniques.” The defense didn’t contest the request and the judge granted the order. While Hutchins, his lawyers, and any outside experts they engage will be able to see the evidence in a pre-trial procedure known as discovery, they are not allowed to share anything with anyone outside the defense team — and the expert witnesses will have to sign a copy of the order, showing they agree to its terms. Hutchins, better known by his Twitter handle MalwareTechBlog, pleaded not guilty, to the charges last week. […]
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WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT smart locks aren’t so smart, and.. ahem.. someone is sending intimate pics via AirDrop to unsuspecting com… Continue reading Smashing Security #038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!
British security researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to malware charges in a US court, and returns to Twitter.
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Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher known as MalwareTech, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of creating the Kronos banking malware. Hutchins was arrested on Aug. 2 in Las Vegas, an incident that’s echoed loudly throughout the cybersecurity community. Free on $30,000 bail, Hutchins will reside in Los Angeles with GPS tracking and will continue his work online as a security researcher with the exception of being able to work on or access the WannaCry sinkhole used to stop the ransomware. Monday’s court date saw Hutchins allowed back on the internet for the first time since his arrest. The prominent British researcher is now being represented by the trial attorney Brian Klein and the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Marcia Hofmann. “Marcus Hutchins is a brilliant young man and a hero,” Hofmann told the press after the hearing, referring to Hutchins’ role in stopping the spread of WannaCry ransomware in May. “He is going to vigorously defend himself against these […]
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