Korean researcher details scheme abusing Apple's third-party pickup policy Black Hat Asia Criminals make lucrative use of stolen credit cards 18 Apr 2024 | 1
Australian operation of web host BlueVPS laid low by storage failure Asia In Brief PLUS: AWS expands India payment options; Alibaba co-founders unite in criticism; Korea invests in AI; and more 15 Apr 2024 | 3
Fujitsu set to be preferred bidder in UK digital ID scheme Selection comes despite Japanese supplier's role in Post Office scandal 26 Mar 2024 | 107
Nissan to let 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis know their data was stolen in cyberattack Akira ransomware crooks brag of swiping thousands of ID documents during break-in 14 Mar 2024 | 7
China pushes its payment platforms towards an international presence Bejing allows easier access to AliPay and Tencent's Weixin, and higher spending limits too 11 Mar 2024 | 7
India’s homebrew RISC-V CPU goes on sale in new development board Asia In Brief Plus: Huawei’s tablets beat iPad sales; Japanese supermarket’s long ransomware fight; Do Kwon extradited 26 Feb 2024 | 3
Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards Iris scan, voice samples and blood type to be included in database 20 Feb 2024 | 23
Biggest Linux kernel release ever welcomes bcachefs file system, jettisons Itanium Farewell IA64, hello snapshots and Rusty refinements 10 Jan 2024 | 55
Google Photos' AI Magic Editor won't change pictures of IDs, receipts, faces, or bodies AI in brief Plus: Amazon is reportedly training a two-trillion-parameter LLM, and more 13 Nov 2023 | 13
Caesars says cyber-crooks stole customer data as MGM casino outage drags on Updated Zero-days are so 2022. Why not just social engineer the help desk? 14 Sep 2023 | 7
Japan's digital minister surrenders salary to say sorry for data leaks The My Number card mess remains unsolved as trust in e-government remains muted 17 Aug 2023 | 15
Fujitsu admits it fluffed the fix for Japan’s flaky ID card scheme Yet another snafu for digital services push 30 Jun 2023 | 27
Japan's digital ID card gets emergency review amid data leaks PM wants response as urgent as that mustered for COVID-19 22 Jun 2023 | 12
New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack security in brief Also: iSpoof no more, Edmodo fined more than it can pay, UK is #1 (in CC theft), and the week's critical vulns 29 May 2023 | 8
Vietnam to require registration of social media, even on global platforms Show some ID or your Facebook feed might not make it across the border 09 May 2023 | 5
India-based cybergang busted for selling fake KFC franchises It's finger-licking.... what happened to my $$$? 27 Mar 2023 | 14
Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments ... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems 03 Feb 2023 | 16
Privacy on the line: Boffins break VoLTE phone security Call metadata can be ferreted out 11 Jan 2023 | 24
Doom QA testers form Microsoft's first labor union in the US And the largest such group in the gaming industry, says Communications Workers of America 04 Jan 2023 | 7
Linux kernel 6.2 promises multiple filesystem improvements Meanwhile the next-gen Linux filesystems are going nowhere fast 20 Dec 2022 | 25