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Marcus Hutchins Spared Prison Time in Malware Case
2019-07-26 21:03

British Security Expert Pleaded Guilty to Creating Kronos TrojanMarcus Hutchins, who rose to fame by helping to stop the WannaCry ransomware attacks, was spared jail time on Friday after pleading...

Louisiana Gov Declares Emergency After Cyberattacks Plague Schools
2019-07-26 19:44

Attacks on at least three school districts and likely others have prompted the state's first emergency due to cyberattack.

'Survivor' Lessons from an Attack on Dental Practice
2019-07-26 19:33

Florida Dentist Describes Recovering from Ransomware AttackDentist Carl Bilancione is a survivor in more ways than one, including surviving a recent ransomware attack on the accounting software of...

He’s coming home, he’s coming home ... Hutchins’ coming home: British Wannacry killer held in US on malware dev rap set free by judge
2019-07-26 19:23

Joy as infosec researcher spared jail in America Marcus Hutchins is on his way home to the England after a judge spared him a stretch behind bars in America for developing the Kronos banking trojan.…

Rare Steganography Hack Can Compromise Fully Patched Websites
2019-07-26 19:13

Attackers are hiding PHP scripts in EXIF headers of JPEG images to hack websites, just by uploading an image.

Judge Rules No Jail Time for WannaCry 'Killer' Marcus Hutchins, a.k.a. MalwareTech
2019-07-26 18:48

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...

Gamers Are Easy Prey for Credential Thieves
2019-07-26 18:37

Gamers are easy pickings for credential crooks, thanks to lax security hygiene and poor gaming company practices.

Massive Botnet Attack Used More Than 400,000 IoT Devices
2019-07-26 18:33

Researchers at Imperva Say Incident Mimicked Mirai-Style DDoS AttackA massive botnet attack earlier this year utilized more than 400,000 connected devices over the course of 13 days, according to...

Ireland-Based Admin of Silk Road Marketplace Sentenced to Prison
2019-07-26 17:14

An Irish man was sentenced to prison this week for his role in running the online black market Silk Road, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.  read more

‘Google’ Sites Are the Latest Ploy by Card-Skimming Thieves
2019-07-26 16:29

A credit-card skimmer on Magento sites was found loading JavaScript from a legitimate-seeming Google Analytics domain.