Profile and behind-the-scenes story of Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins, who helped stop the WannaCry attack and pled guilty to selling the Kronos banking malware
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. Tweets: @malwaretechblog , @a_greenberg , @dakacki , @issielapowsky , @wired , ...
Two years on, WannaCry remains in thousands of networks globally, despite available patches; researcher: “kill switch” stopped ~60M WannaCry detonations in June
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Microsoft warns of major WannaCry-like Windows security exploit affecting older versions like XP that could spread malware via RDS protocol, releases patches
Windows 10 and Windows 8 are safe — Microsoft is warning users of older versions of Windows to urgently apply a Windows Update today …
WSJ found ~$90M in criminal proceeds from fraud or hacks like WannaCry, laundered via 46 crypto exchanges; US-based ShapeShift processed $9M in suspect funds
Journal investigation documents suspicious trades through venture capital-backed ShapeShift — A North Korean agent …
A look at how software for a new manufacturing tool, which was not checked to be malware-free, got WannaCry into TSMC's fabs and shut them down for several days
Anton Shilov / AnandTech :
Profile of cybersecurity researcher Marcus Hutchins, who helped stop WannaCry and has a pending trial in the US for allegedly selling the Kronos banking trojan
Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine : Tweets: @thesignoffive , @nymag , @lorenzofb , @z_everson , and @mllelicious Tweets: @thesignoffive : “The FBI took everything from me,” Hutchins said, “My job, ...
In op-ed, Trump's homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert says North Korea was behind the WannaCry ransomware cyberattack in May
The massive cyberattack cost billions and put lives at risk. Pyongyang will be held accountable. — Cybersecurity isn't easy, but simple principles still apply.
New “Bad Rabbit” ransomware targets corp networks in Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, infects devices through hacked Russian media sites using NotPetya type methods
There is a connection between Bad Rabbit and Not Petya Waqas / HackRead : Bad Rabbit ransomware spreading like wildfire but there is a way out Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : ‘Bad Rabbit’ Ransomware Strikes ...
In wake of WannaCry, Microsoft fixes 3 flaws affecting unsupported OSes including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that it initially said it wouldn't patch
The company previously said it would not fix three outstanding exploits, but reversed course following the ransomware attack in May.
Roughly 98% of computers affected by WannaCry ransomware were running Windows 7, according to data released by Kaspersky Lab
Windows XP was ‘insignificant,’ researchers say — One week after it first hit, researchers are getting a better handle on how the WannaCry ransomware spread so quickly …