Jul 26 2019
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The security researcher who is credited with helping stop the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, Marcus Hutchins,…
Apr 19 2019
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Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher best known for helping to stop the widespread WannaCry ransomware attack,…
Sep 6 2018
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Today the U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce charges against Pak Jin Hyok, an alleged North Korean spy,…
Jun 7 2018
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Federal prosecutors charged security researcher Marcus Hutchins—better known by his online handle MalwareTech—with fo…
Mar 28 2018
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A South Carolina facility owned by aerospace and defense contracting giant Boeing was hit by a WannaCry attack on…
Dec 21 2017
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World War III is going to be dumb. It only seems fitting that Bitcoin could get thrown into the mix of dumb reasons…
Dec 19 2017
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Addressing the nation this morning, Department of Homeland Security advisor Tom Bossert restated—in some cases…
Dec 18 2017
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President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, claimed that North Korean hackers were behind this…
Oct 27 2017
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In a BBC radio interview on Friday, British Security Minister Ben Wallace attributed this year’s WannaCry outbreak…
Aug 3 2017
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Famed white hat hacker Marcus Hutchins—better known as “MalwareTech”—was arrested by the FBI yesterday while trying…
Aug 3 2017
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When the WannaCry ransomware attack hit back in May, it was really good at causing chaos but not so great at…
Jun 28 2017
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The ‘90s cyberpunk thriller Hackers is used too often to illustrate the fearful future of cyber security, but it’s…
May 29 2017
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We may never know who the perpetrators of the WannaCry ransomware attack really were. We do know that they utilized…
May 19 2017
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A week after WannaCry induced worldwide panic, another vicious ransomware attack is currently underway.
May 15 2017
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May 14 2017
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As a second wave of the WannaCry Ransomware attack is infecting more systems in more countries, the White House has…
May 13 2017
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The WannaCry ransomware attack that spread around the globe yesterday caused chaos at hospitals, manufacturing…
May 13 2017
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An anonymous 22-year-old security researcher who goes by MalwareTech has, at least temporarily, managed to find a…