Security News

Japanese dark-web drug dealers are so polite, they'll offer 'a refund' if you're not satisfied
2018-08-08 16:00

Internet underground outside the West takes a different tone The concept of the "dark web" in Asia is way different to what peeps in Europe and the Americas are used to.…

Japanese Coinhive slinger slapped with suspended sentence
2018-07-06 15:54

Said to have netted only £34... A Japanese man has received a suspended sentence for using the Coinhive cryptominer in a failed attempt to turn an illicit profit.…

200 Million Sets of Japanese PII Emerge on Underground Forums
2018-05-18 16:40

A dataset allegedly containing 200 million unique sets of personally identifiable information (PII) exfiltrated from several popular Japanese website databases emerged on underground forums,...

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Suffers $530 Million Theft
2018-01-29 19:18

Coincheck Says It Was Hacked; Stolen XEM Transactions to be BlockedCoincheck, a Tokyo-based exchange, says it suffered a hack attack that led to the theft of $530 million worth of XEM...

Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange
2018-01-26 19:18

Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in...

Friday Squid Blogging: Japanese "Dude Food" Includes Squid
2018-01-12 22:12

This seems to be a trend. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

Cyberespionage Group Steps Up Campaigns Against Japanese Firms
2017-10-14 14:00

Researchers unearth new tactics and strategies used by the criminals behind the hacking group known as Bronze Butler.

14-Year-Old Japanese Boy Arrested for Creating Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-06-06 04:27

Japanese authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy in Osaka, a prefecture and large port city, for allegedly creating and distributing a ransomware malware. This is the first such arrest in...

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid on Japanese Television (Schneier on Security)
2016-09-16 21:11

I got this video from PZ Myers's blog. I know absolutely nothing about it. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....