Security Leftovers

• How to configure your Chromebook for ultimate security

• Government Changes Its Tune about MalwareTech

  Marcus Hutchins, AKA MalwareTech, just plead not guilty at his arraignment in Milwaukee, WI. After the hearing, his attorney, Marcia Hofmann, called him a “hero” and said he would be fully vindicated.

• NHS cyber-defender Marcus Hutchins back online

  He must surrender his passport and will be tracked in the US via GPS during his release.

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  He added: "I'm still on trial, still not allowed to go home, still on house arrest; but now i am allowed online. Will get my computers back soon."

• Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to FBI malware charges

  British security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who came to prominence after he inadvertently stopped the spread of the WannaCry ransomware in May, has pleaded not guilty to writing the code that was used to create the banking trojan Kronos.

• WannaCry 'hero' Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to Kronos malware charges

  Hutchins is now out on bail awaiting trial. Under his bail conditions, he will not be allowed to leave the US or to use the internet. He will also have to wear a GPS tag and, as a non-US national, won't be allowed to work, and will therefore be reliant on family and charity to sustain himself.

• WannaCry 'saviour' Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to malware charges

  His trial has been scheduled to start in October. If Mr Hutchins is convicted he could face 40 years in prison.

• 2016 Open-Source Repo Continues to Fuel the PHP Server Ransomware Scene [Ed: How Catalin Cimpanu associates FOSS with crime]

  A PHP ransomware project open-sourced on GitHub is still spawning active threats, more than a year after it was released in early 2016. The project, unimaginatively named "Ransomware," is the work of an Indonesian hacker who goes by the name of ShorTcut (or Shor7cut), a member of two hacking crews named Bug7sec and Indonesia Defacer Tersakiti.

• New Data Security Network Launches to Champion and Promote Data Sanitization Best Practices

Android Leftovers

• Google Allo arrives on the web, only pairs with Android phones at launch

• Android OS problems and how to fix them

• The massive Android upgrade you probably didn't notice

• Chrome 61 beta allows sites to open Android share sheet, automatic video fullscreen, more

• Avoiding Android 'drive-by' malware

• Android manufacturers are already working out how to copy the

• Truecaller Request Money Feature Added for Android Users

New LibreELEC Kodi Linux distro update arrives -- download it now!

Kodi is one of the best media centers available. Its cross-platform nature makes it usable on many different operating systems. Not only is it good for locally stored music and video, but with the use of add-ons, the sky is the limit. Fans of Premier League Football (soccer), for instance, can use Kodi to watch matches. Where Kodi really shines, however, is with Linux. More specifically, the best experience is when the media center is the star of the show. Luckily, there are some Linux distros that exist solely to run Kodi. One such popular distro is LibreELEC -- a fork of OpenELEC. Today, an update to that operating system becomes available and you can download it immediately. There are images available for Raspberry Pi, WeTek, and of course, x86_64.

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