WannaCry Hero & Kronos Malware Author Named Cybrary Fellow

Marcus Hutchins, who set up a kill switch that stopped WannaCrys spread, later pled guilty to creating the infamous Kronos banking malware.

Its a new chapter for Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher who was
hailed a hero in May 2017
after inadvertently stopping the spread of the infamous WannaCry worm with a sinkhole he created.
Hutchins,
who was arrested for creating and selling the Kronos banking Trojan
a few months after his kill switch quelled WannaCry, has been named the first-ever fellow for the cybersecurity online training platform Cybrary, which serves some 3 million students. In his new role,
Hutchins
will head up training events and mentoring programs, advise on training content, and help build new virtual labs and other hands-on educational tools.
When I started out in cybersecurity, high-quality training resources were few and far between. My peers and I often found ourselves making do with a mismatch of random blog posts and forum discussions. Since then, Ive always strived to create the resources I wish I had access to back then,
Hutchins said in a statement
. Im a strong believer in expanding access to these foundational training resources and increasing the accessibility of the domain-specific material that is required to help people find their place in our industry.

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