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Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry 'Hero', Freed After Guilty Plea Over Banking Malware
A British cybersecurity expert who admitted writing and selling malware was spared prison Friday by a judge who said the misconduct was outweighed by his help in stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017.
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WannaCry Ransomware 'Hero' Marcus Hutchins Admits to Malware Charges
Marcus Hutchins said, "I've pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware in the years prior to my career in security."
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WannaCry Ransomware Attack: North Korea UN Ambassador Asks US to Prove Claims
The WannaCry ransomware attack infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service in May.
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Facebook, Microsoft Disabled North Korean Cyber Threats, Says US
"Facebook took down accounts that stopped the operational execution of ongoing cyber-attacks and Microsoft acted to patch existing attacks, not just the WannaCry attack initially."
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WannaCry Ransomware: US Publicly Blames North Korea for Cyber-Attack
"The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible," wrote Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser to President Donald Trump.
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Surfer Who Saved World From WannaCry Attack Girds for Next Wave
The 23-year-old who saved the world from a devastating cyberattack in May was asleep in his bed in the English seaside town of Ilfracombe after a night of partying when another online extortion campaign spread across the globe.
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Petya Ransomware a 'Ruse' to Hide Cyber-Attack Culprit, Claim Researchers
A number of researchers said this week that Petya does not encrypt data, but wipes its victims' computers. If the data is not backed up, it's lost.
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Taking on Ransomware
It's clear that the world needs better defences, and fortunately those are starting to emerge, if slowly and in patchwork fashion.
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Microsoft, Experts Push for Global NGO to Expose Hackers
"This is something that we don't have today: a trusted international organisation for cyber-attribution," said Paul Nicholas, director of Microsoft's Global Security Strategy.
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North Korea, Cyber-Attacks, and 'Lazarus': What We Really Know
With the dust now settling after "WannaCry," the biggest ransomware attack in history, cybersecurity experts are taking a deep dive into how it was carried out.
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Blame Game for Cyber-Attacks Grows Murkier as Spying, Crime Tools Mix
Security experts refer to this as "the attribution problem", using technical evidence to assign blame for cyber-attacks in order to take appropriate legal and political responses.
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Chipotle Says Hackers Hit Most Restaurants In Data Breach
Hackers used malware to steal customer payment data from most of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's restaurants over a span of three weeks, the company said on Friday, adding to woes at the chain whose sales had just started recovering from a string of food safety lapses in 2015.
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WannaCry Ransomware: Newly Discovered Vulnerability Raises Fear of More Cyber-Attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the vulnerability, which could be exploited to take control of an affected computer.
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WannaCry Ransomware: Russian Postal Service Hit, Exposes Wider Security Shortcomings
WannaCry compromised the post office's automated queue management system, infecting touch-screen terminals which run on the outdated Windows XP OS.
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Google RailWire Free Wi-Fi Service Worst Affected ISP by WannaCry Ransomware: eScan
The eScan report says that Google's Railwire, the free Wi-Fi service launched by Railtel, is the most affected network from WannaCry and other ransomware and has 32.14 percent of the entire share among the networks.
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Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry 'Hero', Freed After Guilty Plea Over Banking Malware
A British cybersecurity expert who admitted writing and selling malware was spared prison Friday by a judge who said the misconduct was outweighed by his help in stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017.
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WannaCry Ransomware 'Hero' Marcus Hutchins Admits to Malware Charges
Marcus Hutchins said, "I've pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware in the years prior to my career in security."
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WannaCry Ransomware Attack: North Korea UN Ambassador Asks US to Prove Claims
The WannaCry ransomware attack infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service in May.
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Facebook, Microsoft Disabled North Korean Cyber Threats, Says US
"Facebook took down accounts that stopped the operational execution of ongoing cyber-attacks and Microsoft acted to patch existing attacks, not just the WannaCry attack initially."
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WannaCry Ransomware: US Publicly Blames North Korea for Cyber-Attack
"The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible," wrote Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser to President Donald Trump.
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Surfer Who Saved World From WannaCry Attack Girds for Next Wave
The 23-year-old who saved the world from a devastating cyberattack in May was asleep in his bed in the English seaside town of Ilfracombe after a night of partying when another online extortion campaign spread across the globe.
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Petya Ransomware a 'Ruse' to Hide Cyber-Attack Culprit, Claim Researchers
A number of researchers said this week that Petya does not encrypt data, but wipes its victims' computers. If the data is not backed up, it's lost.
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Taking on Ransomware
It's clear that the world needs better defences, and fortunately those are starting to emerge, if slowly and in patchwork fashion.
-
Microsoft, Experts Push for Global NGO to Expose Hackers
"This is something that we don't have today: a trusted international organisation for cyber-attribution," said Paul Nicholas, director of Microsoft's Global Security Strategy.
-
North Korea, Cyber-Attacks, and 'Lazarus': What We Really Know
With the dust now settling after "WannaCry," the biggest ransomware attack in history, cybersecurity experts are taking a deep dive into how it was carried out.
-
Blame Game for Cyber-Attacks Grows Murkier as Spying, Crime Tools Mix
Security experts refer to this as "the attribution problem", using technical evidence to assign blame for cyber-attacks in order to take appropriate legal and political responses.
-
Chipotle Says Hackers Hit Most Restaurants In Data Breach
Hackers used malware to steal customer payment data from most of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's restaurants over a span of three weeks, the company said on Friday, adding to woes at the chain whose sales had just started recovering from a string of food safety lapses in 2015.
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WannaCry Ransomware: Newly Discovered Vulnerability Raises Fear of More Cyber-Attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the vulnerability, which could be exploited to take control of an affected computer.
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WannaCry Ransomware: Russian Postal Service Hit, Exposes Wider Security Shortcomings
WannaCry compromised the post office's automated queue management system, infecting touch-screen terminals which run on the outdated Windows XP OS.
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Google RailWire Free Wi-Fi Service Worst Affected ISP by WannaCry Ransomware: eScan
The eScan report says that Google's Railwire, the free Wi-Fi service launched by Railtel, is the most affected network from WannaCry and other ransomware and has 32.14 percent of the entire share among the networks.
