Cybersecurity threats are increasingly exploiting public assets such as VPNs and firewalls, but traditional attack vectors like phishing emails, malicious websites, and social engineering are still dangerous. A Japanese university’s research lab was compromised in 2023 through a watering hole attack, demonstrating the vulnerability of academic institutions. Attackers manipulated users into manually downloading malware disguised as an Adobe flash player update, bypassing traditional vulnerability exploitation methods. The malware could possibly execute malicious activities on the infected system.
US officials seized $24 million in crypto and charged Russian developer Rustam Gallyamov for running Qakbot.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking to seize over $24 million in cryptocurrency from Russian national, Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, accused of creating the
