![]() ![]() Now that they are retired they have the time to get into the newly created VR game Last Horizon as beta testers. They have been friends for years, largely based on shared gaming experiences when younger. Unfortunately the story is about a very boring use of VR.Ĭontrarily, one interesting aspect of the story is that the MCs are retirees. “Last Horizon: Beta” is essentially just the story of some people’s experiences in a VR fantasy. Access to a VR fantasy world is a story in and of itself and there is no need to add things like people fleeing into VR because a meteor is about to hit the earth or the billionaire who created the VR world decided it was a good idea to murder everyone using his device so they only exist in VR. "The messages often mimic a recruitment effort and offer high-paying jobs to entice the recipients to download malware-laced cryptocurrency applications.Note: I listened to the audio book version but since that isn't currently listed on I am filing my review under the Kindle edition.įor years I have thought that litRPG was generally over dramatized. "Intrusions begin with a large number of spearphishing messages sent to employees of cryptocurrency companies-often working in system administration or software development/IT operations (DevOps)-on a variety of communication platforms," according to a federal cybersecurity alert issued last April. ![]() In late December, a report argued that the Lazarus Group is also pretending to be venture capitalists, potential employers, and banks. North Korea-affiliated cyber groups have also reportedly expanded their activities beyond hacks. "The FBI will continue to expose and combat the DPRK’s use of illicit activities-including cybercrime and virtual currency theft-to generate revenue for the regime," the announcement read. Since 2017, North Korean hacker groups including Lazarus Group and APT38 have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency, according to an Associated Press report. The strategy echoes previous attacks linked to Lazarus Group, including a massive $622 million hack last April of Ronin Network, an Ethereum sidechain used by play-to-earn crypto game Axie Infinity. The hack targeted a cross-chain bridge connecting Harmony, a layer-1 blockchain, to Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Binance Chain. While the American government has been previously vocal about the threat posed by Lazarus Group, however, it did not formally accuse the entity of responsibility for the Harmony hack until today. In the immediate aftermath of June’s Harmony hack, blockchain analysts tied the exploit to Lazarus Group using a combination of on-chain sleuthing and comparisons to previous hacks committed by the group. The FBI and its investigative partners will "continue to identify and disrupt North Korea’s theft and laundering of virtual currency, which is used to support North Korea’s ballistic missile and Weapons of Mass Destruction programs," according to the announcement. Unrecovered funds were subsequently sent to 11 Ethereum addresses. Even so, a portion of the funds were then frozen and recovered by exchanges when the hackers attempted to swap them for Bitcoin. The hackers used RAILGUN, a privacy protocol, in an attempt to obscure their transactions. ![]()
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