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EDR solutions enable threat hunting teams to fine-tune behavioral detection rules and determine the techniques by which malware spreads through a network.
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By Waqas
As you might know, 23-year-old Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog on Twitter)
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Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old UK researcher who found the kill-switch domain in the WannaCry ransomware code and registered it, preventing the malware to wreak even more chaos than it did, has been arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Hutchins, who’s more known by his MalwareTechBlog handle on Twitter, was apprehended by the FBI as he was preparing to board the plane to return home. Before that, he spent more than a week in Vegas with … More → Continue reading UK hacker who stopped WannaCry charged with creating and distributing banking Trojan
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A couple of hours ago HackRead reported that Marcus Hutchins, a
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For those who had windows computers when the WannaCry virus hit, how exactly did the virus bypass antivirus programs. I have tried to read some papers about this, but I don’t understand how exactly that windows hole helped th… Continue reading How did Wanna Cry get past Antivirus Programs
Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech the WannaCry hero, was arrested and charged with another unnamed individual with creating and distributing the Kronos banking malware. Continue reading WannaCry Hero Arrested, One of Two Charged with Distribution of Kronos Malware
A cybersecurity researcher known for helping stop the global spread of ‘WannaCry’ ransomware was arrested and charged by the FBI on Wednesday for “his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking trojan,” according to a spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Justice. Marcus Hutchins, 23, is currently in custody at the Las Vegas FBI Field Office, according to sources close to him. Hutchins created and distributed the malware, according to the indictment, first obtained by CNN Money. The charges, brought by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, relate to alleged conduct between July 2014 and July 2015. According to the indictment, Hutchins allegedly created and updated the Kronos trojan while another unidentified person sold the malicious software online. Kronos was sold on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay and other cybercrime forums. Variants of Kronos have sold for as much as $7,000. The malware is still in use. When it […]
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On Wednesday, US authorities detained Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech, for his alleged role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking trojan. Continue reading WannaCry Researcher Indicted for Allegedly Creating Banking Malware
The WannaCry story has new life with the attacks having withdrawn the Bitcoin collected as ransom during the attacks, and with the detainment of killswitch researcher Marcus Hutchins in Nevada. Continue reading WannaCry Bitcoin Withdrawn; ‘Killswitch’ Researcher Detained in Nevada
The WannaCry story has new life with the attacks having withdrawn the Bitcoin collected as ransom during the attacks, and with the detainment of killswitch researcher Marcus Hutchins in Nevada. Continue reading WannaCry Bitcoin Withdrawn; ‘Killswitch’ Researcher Detained in Nevada