The US authorities saved themselves an awful lot of paperwork and legal expense arresting their suspect on their own soil rather than trying to extradite him from the UK.

Published August 21, 2017 1:05 pm in Law & order, Malware 4
The US authorities saved themselves an awful lot of paperwork and legal expense arresting their suspect on their own soil rather than trying to extradite him from the UK.
Published August 17, 2017 9:42 am in iOS, Law & order, Podcast, Security threats 0
WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT smart locks aren’t so smart, and.. ahem.. someone is sending intimate pics via AirDrop to unsuspecting commuters.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by technology journalist Geoff White.
Published August 15, 2017 9:12 am in Law & order, Malware 1
British security researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to malware charges in a US court, and returns to Twitter.
Published August 4, 2017 12:01 am in Law & order, Malware 13
Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech, the British security researcher who was credited with stopping the hard-hitting WannaCry ransomware worm that hit the UK’s NHS hard earlier this year, has been arrested in Las Vegas.