The Feds say Marcus Hutchins is behind both the UPAS Kit backdoor and the Kronos banking trojan.

A legal defense fund established to ease Marcus Hutchins’ attorney costs has been disbanded after a sizable number of fraudulent donations were discovered.

WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins pleaded not guilty last week could be freed today on $30,000 bond before the case moves to Wisconsin.

The news of the week is discussed, including how Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech was arrested in Las Vegas, Alex Stamos’ Black Hat keynote, and this week’s proposed IoT legislation.

Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech the WannaCry hero, was arrested and charged with another unnamed individual with creating and distributing the Kronos banking malware.

The WannaCry story has new life with the attacks having withdrawn the Bitcoin collected as ransom during the attacks, and with the detainment of killswitch researcher Marcus Hutchins in Nevada.