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CYBER1d agoJapan warns for increased vigilance against rising cyberattacksJapan's government issued a warning Friday for increased vigilance against cyberattacks, which are rising in number and becoming more sophisticated. The National Cybersecurity Office, which was set up…Japan Today
CYBER5d agoJapan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase AttacksAttackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) said. The Tokyo-based center, which takes incident reports, based its October 8, 2026 alert on those reports and other information. The alert names no attacker and no affected organization. JPCERT/The Hacker News
CYBERSep 30In Japan, free BitTorrent porn downloads bring legal trouble and finesJapanese BitTorrent users who thought they were simply downloading adult videos for free are increasingly receiving court notices and demands for hundreds of thousands of yen, as copyright holders step up efforts to identify users through their IP addresses. One self-employed man in his 40s living in Tokyo began using the file-sharing software after reading about it online. He would start downloading adult videos before going to bed and switch the software off the next morning, giving him access...South China Morning Post
CYBERSep 27Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloningA high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has taken TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his "lustrous" baritone, with a verdict due…Japan Today
CYBERSep 18Full picture of the 'mansion with a monthly rent of approximately 4.2 million yen' used by a fraud group targeting Japanese people in Bangkok - Thailand HyperlinksFull picture of the 'mansion with a monthly rent of approximately 4.2 million yen' used by a fraud group targeting Japanese people in Bangkok, featuring a violin-shaped pool, 10 bedrooms, and 18 bathrooms. Thailand Hyperlinks. Special fraud base exposed in Thailand was a mansion with 4.2 million yen rent. Sophisticated manual targeting Japanese people impersonating Miyagi Prefectural Police (Sendai Broadcasting) Yahoo! News. Rooms with windows blocked, cruel threats... Inside story of a fraud case based in Indonesia [Kagawa Prefecture] ['Darkバイト' crime] Asahi Shimbun. 15 Japanese and others detained in a luxury residence in Bangkok, 'police notebook' confiscated in special fraud – Thailand Jiji.com. Like a 'palace'... why do criminal organizations have 'good workplaces'? 14 people including Japanese detained in Thailand TV Asahi News.google · japan