Texas Department of Criminal Justice via Reuters AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed a man on Thursday convicted of murdering a prison guard in 1999, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal to spare his life despite arguments by his lawyers that he was innocent. Robert Pruett, 38, was put to death by […]
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Banking trojan executes when targets hover over link in PowerPoint doc
Enlarge (credit: Dodge This Security) Criminal hackers have started using a novel malware attack that infects people when their mouse hovers over a link embedded in a malicious PowerPoint file. The method—which was used in a recent spam campaign that attempted to install a bank-fraud backdoor alternately known as Zusy, OTLARD, and Gootkit—is notable because […]
Arkansas executes first inmate in 12 years, more lethal injections to come before drug expires
Published time: 21 Apr, 2017 05:21Edited time: 21 Apr, 2017 05:29 The state of Arkansas has executed an inmate for the first time since 2005, and plans to execute several more convicts before its supply of a lethal chemical expires in late April. BREAKING: Arkansas executes inmate, first to die under state’s plan of multiple […]
