Or had the cynics laughed and only yawned?
Afterlife
Royal Rhodes
#BBCNews - North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2kgndwwd7lo
#Lazarus
Fake password manager coding test used to hack Python developers. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-password-manager-coding-test-used-to-hack-python-developers/
#Lazarus #NorthKorea #DPRK
Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)
A Windows zero-day vulnerabilit... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2044100 #vulnerabilities #security #exploits #lazarus #windows #biz #kernel
Dive into a long journey with #LAZARUS, exploring their activities and impact since 2009. https://lazarus.day/activity/
VA3KZR as of 2023-12-09
Started with #Commodore Vic-20 - at school, we learned graphical #LOGO on PETS and Apple IIe's... crashed the school Unisys ICON network far too often...
Headed to college, *thought* I would be heavily involved in, electronics design, and engineering - instead, it was #programming.
First was #VisualBasic 1.0; next, Borland #Delphi 1.0 / #ObjectPascal - still dabble with #FreePascal #Lazarus, a smidge of #Java, a lot of #CSharp and some #Python.
$10 million up for grabs in fight against North Korean hackers.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/10-million-up-for-grabs-in-fight-against-north-korean-hackers/
The Lazarus Group, a cybercrime gang associated with the North Korean government, has been identified as the perpetrator of an attack on a Spanish aerospace firm. This attack utilized a new piece of malware called "LightlessCan." The hackers posed as recruiters from Meta (formerly Facebook) on LinkedIn, offering coding challenges that, when downloaded and printed, triggered a payload and installed the malware. ESET, a cybersecurity firm, believes the goal of the attack was espionage. LightlessCan is an upgraded version of a previously used remote access Trojan known as BlindingCan, featuring 68 commands, although only 43 appear to be implemented. The malware can mimic Windows commands and execute them discreetly, making it harder to detect.
Who me? Just a #Maker, IT Consultant and "all-around-#nerd".
I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, original #StarTrek re-runs, reading #Fantasy & #SciFi (not SyFy), lots of #Lego and eventually graduated to #RPG and #tabletop gaming.
My first computer was a #Commodore Vic-20 - at school, we learned graphical #LOGO on PETS and Apple IIe's... crashed the Unisys ICON network often before getting my first PC - grudgingly - really wanted an #Amiga.
Eventually, it was time for college - I *thought* I would be heavily involved in the physical aspects of technology, circuit design, and hardware engineering - instead, I gravitated to #programming.
My first professional #programming language was #VisualBasic 1.0; eventually, jumping into Borland #Delphi 1.0 and #ObjectPascal - still dabble with #FreePascal #Lazarus, a smidge of #Java, a lot of #CSharp and some #Python. My #JavaScript is ancient...