Security News

New era for Japan, familiar problems: Microsoft withdraws crash-tastic patches
2018-11-21 10:53

Upcoming calendar change more than Office can handle Stop us if you've heard this one, but Microsoft has pulled a couple of buggy patches in Office, but left a crash-worthy security fix in place.…

Does Not Compute: Japan Cyber Security Minister Admits Shunning PCs
2018-11-16 20:06

A Japanese minister in charge of cyber security has provoked astonishment by admitting he has never used a computer in his professional life, and appearing confused by the concept of a USB drive. read more

Japan Orders Facebook to Improve Data Protection
2018-10-23 00:15

The Japanese government on Monday ordered Facebook to improve protection of users' personal information following data breaches affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. read more

Japan Digital Currency Exchange Hacked, Losing $60 Million
2018-09-20 10:40

TOKYO (AP) — Hackers have stolen 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from a Japanese digital currency exchange, the operators said Thursday. read more

RSA Conference 2018 Asia-Pacific & Japan announces keynote stage line-up
2018-07-12 16:51

RSA Conference announced its line-up of keynote speakers for RSA Conference 2018 Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ). The Conference keynotes will be opened by Mr. Ng Hoo Ming, Deputy Chief Executive...

Fastbooking Hack Leaves Japan Hotel Red-Faced
2018-06-27 16:10

A Japanese hotel chain has apologised after more than 120,000 items of customer information were stolen in hacks of its reservations handled by French company Fastbooking. read more

Japan's Directorate for Signals Intelligence
2018-05-21 14:54

The Intercept has a long article on Japan's equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates...

Panda Banker Trojan Goes to Japan
2018-03-29 16:04

The banking Trojan known as Panda Banker is now targeting financial institutions in Japan for what appears to be first time. Also known as Panda Zeus, the malware was first observed in 2016, based...

Hacked Japan Crypto Exchange Refunds Customers
2018-03-13 02:52

Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Tuesday it had refunded more than $440 million to customers following the hack of its systems, which was one of the largest thefts of its kind....

Japan Raids Hacked Crypto Exchange, Bitcoin Plunges Further
2018-02-02 17:51

Japanese authorities on Friday raided virtual currency exchange Coincheck, a week after the Tokyo-based firm lost $530 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. read more