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SecurityWeek |
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398721 |
Date de publication |
2017-08-21 12:51:46 (vue: 2017-08-21 12:51:46) |
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Code Linked to MalwareTech and Kronos Published in 2009 |
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A piece of code linked to both the British researcher Marcus Hutchins, known online as MalwareTech, and the banking Trojan named Kronos was first published in 2009.
Hutchins became famous and was named a “hero†after he helped stop the WannaCry ransomware attack by registering a domain that acted as a kill switch for the malware.
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2009 acted after attack banking became both british code domain famous first helped hutchins kill known kronos linked malware malwaretech marcus more named online piece published ransomware read registering researcher stop switch trojan wannacry “hero†|
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Wannacry
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