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Put your usernames and passwords in your will, advises Japan's government
2024-11-21 06:14

Digital end of life planning saves your loved ones from a little extra anguish Japan's National Consumer Affairs Center on Wednesday suggested citizens start "digital end of life planning" and...

Squid Fishing in Japan
2024-09-27 21:06

Fishermen are catching more squid as other fish are depleted. Blog moderation policy.

Japan mandates app to ensure national ID cards aren't forged
2024-08-02 06:00

The Japanese government has released details of of an app that verifies the legitimacy of its troubled My Number Card - a national identity document. My Number Card ran afoul of data breaches, reports of malfunctioning card readers, and database snafus that linked cards to other citizens' bank accounts.

Japan warns of attacks linked to North Korean Kimsuky hackers
2024-07-10 17:10

Japan's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center is warning that Japanese organizations are being targeted in attacks by the North Korean 'Kimsuky' threat actors. The US government has attributed Kimsuky as a North Korean advanced persistent threat group that conducts attacks against targets worldwide to gather intelligence on topics of interest to the North Korean government.

Malware that is 'not ransomware' wormed its way through Fujitsu Japan's systems
2024-07-10 13:47

Fujitsu Japan says an unspecified "Advanced" malware strain was to blame for a March data theft, insisting the strain was "Not ransomware", yet it hasn't revealed how many individuals are affected. Despite initially downplaying the likelihood of data theft, Fujitsu confirmed on Tuesday that affected individuals had been directly notified.

Yahoo! Japan to waive $189 million ad revenue after detecting fraudulent clicks
2024-06-26 05:16

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Japan's space junk cleaner hunts down major target
2024-06-17 00:44

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Execs in Japan busted for winning dev bids then outsourcing to North Koreans
2024-03-28 06:30

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Japan orders local giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks
2024-03-06 03:29

Japan's government has ordered local tech giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks, after a data breach saw over 510,000 users' data exposed. LINE is a messaging app created by an offshoot of South Korea's NAVER - a Google-like web giant.

Japan warns of malicious PyPi packages created by North Korean hackers
2024-02-28 15:04

Japan's Computer Security Incident Response Team is warning that the notorious North Korean hacking group Lazarus has uploaded four malicious PyPI packages to infect developers with malware. PyPI is a repository of open-source software packages that software developers can utilize in their Python projects to add additional functionality to their programs with minimal effort.