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Chinese Hackers Target Japanese Firms with LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR Malware
2024-07-31 11:01

Japanese organizations are the target of a Chinese nation-state threat actor that leverages malware families like LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR to harvest sensitive information from compromised hosts while stealthily remaining under the radar in some cases for a time period ranging from two to three years. "The actors behind NOOPDOOR not only utilized LODEINFO during the campaign, but also utilized the new backdoor to exfiltrate data from compromised enterprise networks," it said.

Japanese space agency spotted zero-day attacks while cleaning up raid on M365
2024-07-11 05:31

The Japanese Space Exploration Agency discovered it was under attack using zero-day exploits while working with Microsoft to probe a 2023 cyberattack on its systems. Then there's the mention of zero-day attacks in the last sentence of a section about countermeasures like closer network monitoring and improve remote access security the agency adopted.

Japanese vid-sharing site Niconico needs rebuild after cyberattack
2024-06-11 02:00

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Japanese police create fake support scam payment cards to warn victims
2024-04-27 17:11

Japanese police placed fake payment cards in convenience stores to protect the elderly targeted by tech support scams or unpaid money fraud. The cards are labeled "Virus Trojan Horse Removal Payment Card" and "Unpaid Bill Late Fee Payment Card," and were created by the Echizen Police in the Fukui prefecture in Japan as an alert mechanism.

Japanese government rejects Yahoo! infosec improvement plan
2024-04-17 05:44

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Japanese Space Agency JAXA hacked in summer cyberattack
2023-11-29 17:04

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was hacked in a cyberattack over the summer, which may have put sensitive space-related technology and data at risk. The security breach was discovered this autumn when law enforcement authorities alerted Japan's space agency that its systems were compromised, as first reported by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

China's BlackTech Hacking Group Exploited Routers to Target U.S. and Japanese Companies
2023-09-28 13:47

Cybersecurity agencies from Japan and the U.S. have warned of attacks mounted by a state-backed hacking group from China to stealthily tamper with branch routers and use them as jumping-off points...

Japanese watchmaker Seiko breached by BlackCat ransomware gang
2023-08-21 14:40

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has added Seiko to its extortion site, claiming responsibility for a cyberattack disclosed by the Japanese firm earlier this month.Seiko apologized to the potentially impacted customers and business partners and urged them to be vigilant against email or other communication attempts potentially impersonating Seiko.

Hacktivists attack Japanese government over Fukushima wastewater release
2023-08-14 05:58

Entities using the name and iconography of Anonymous claim to have conducted cyberprotests against the Japanese government for actions related to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant. In an operation dubbed "Tango Down", The Anonymous Italia Collective claims to have attacked 21 government and other websites associated with the decision to release wastewater from the Fukushima facility, which in 2011 infamously experienced damage to three reactor cores after an earthquake and tsunami disabled safety systems.

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Falls Victim to JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attack
2023-06-26 12:36

An unknown cryptocurrency exchange located in Japan was the target of a new attack earlier this month to deploy an Apple macOS backdoor called JokerSpy. Elastic Security Labs, which is monitoring the intrusion set under the name REF9134, said the attack led to the installation of Swiftbelt, a Swift-based enumeration tool inspired by an open-source utility called SeatBelt.