Security News

SentinelOne unveils localized platform for the Japanese market
2019-12-20 02:00

SentinelOne, the autonomous endpoint protection company, announced a new fully localized version of the SentinelOne platform for the Japanese market. To support the company’s six hundred percent...

Japanese hotel chain sorry that hackers may have watched guests through bedside robots
2019-10-22 17:00

Can we at least turn the thing around before we... y'know? Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view...

Stalker attacks Japanese pop singer – after tracking her down using reflection in her eyes
2019-10-10 20:34

'If only you could see what I've seen through your eyes'... A Japanese man indicted on Tuesday for allegedly attacking a 21-year-old woman last month appears to have found where his victim lived...

Virus Bulletin 2019: Japanese Attacks Highlight Savvy APT Strategy
2019-10-02 16:47

Multiyear campaigns stretching back to at least 2014 have been seen using zero-days in region-specific software.

SAP Ariba adds Japanese company data through partnership with Tokyo Shoko Research
2019-07-24 00:00

SAP Ariba announced a new partnership with Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) to integrate data on more than 8.4 million Japanese companies covering over 200 evaluation criteria into the SAP Ariba...

Hack of Japanese Retailer Exposes 460,000 Customer Accounts
2019-05-15 15:18

Fast Retailing Says Credential Stuffing SuspectedFast Retailing, the parent company of several of Japan's biggest retail clothing chains, is warning customers of an attack that exposed email...

Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
2019-01-29 12:24

Japan will hack citizens' IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don't like the notion? Here's how to lock 'em down!

Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens' IoT Devices
2019-01-28 19:40

The Japanese government is going to run penetration tests against all the IoT devices in their country, in an effort to (1) figure out what's insecure, and (2) help consumers secure them: The...

The Japanese government plans to hack into unsecured IoT devices. Will it work?
2019-01-28 18:24

Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Japanese government is planning to access unsecured Internet of Things devices to identify users and request they change their passwords.

Friday Squid Blogging: Japanese Squid-Fishing Towns in Decline
2018-11-30 22:20

It's a problem: But now, fluctuations in ocean temperatures, years of overfishing and lax regulatory oversight have drastically depleted populations of the translucent squid in waters around...