Threat actors allegedly looking for contacts and monitoring org's future plans The Canadian branch of Amnesty International was the target of an attack it has pinned on a Chinese state-sponsored actor.... [...]
Governor bans platform and website from all state-owned devices that can connect to the internet The governor of South Dakota issued an executive order on Tuesday banning the use of Chinese social media platform TikTok for state government agencies, employees and contractors on state devices.... [...]
Crypto winter also attributed to semiconductor slumps in recent quarters Canalys Forums APAC Canalys CEO Steve Brazier has proposed that cloud vendors should have similar accountability to credit card companies when accounts are hacked and used to mine cryptocurrency.... [...]
Aiming for somewhere between US 'Wild West' and EU's strict GDPR Even though Japan lags behind the rest of the developed world in digital transformation, it hopes to create global data flow standards for discussion at next year's G7 meetings.... [...]
Fellow crypto-exchange Gate.io spots error, returns funds Over the weekend it was revealed that cryptocurrency exchange company Crypto.com accidentally sent over $400 million to another cryptocurrency exchange and was miraculously able to get it back.... [...]
C/C++ on the bench, as US snoop HQ puts its trust in Rust, C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Swift The NSA has released guidance encouraging organizations to shift programming languages from the likes of C and C++ to memory-safe alternatives – namely C#, Rust, Go, Java, Ruby or Swift.... [...]
Already red-teaming and blue teaming in the international Locked Shields contest every year Japan’s Ministry of Defence (JMOD) announced on Friday that it has formally joined NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).... [...]
Increase in espionage and cyberattacks since law requiring vulnerabilities first be reported to Beijing Microsoft has asserted that China's offensive cyber capabilities have improved, thanks to a law that has allowed Beijing to create an arsenal of unreported software vulnerabilities.... [...]
PLUS: China’s digital currency surges; Infosys tax portals wobble again; Singapore crypto protections; and more Asia In Brief India's government has given itself the power to compel social networks to take down content.... [...]
Risk of death is certainly one way to get the populace on board Japan's plan to phase out public health insurance cards in favor of linking the services to a digital ID card could compel those who oppose the digitization to sign up.... [...]
May follow Finland and Germany in adopting Singapore's standard The Biden administration is pushing ahead with its drive to add cyber security labeling to consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and may join other nations in adopting the scheme pioneered by Singapore.... [...]
Suffice to say things got a little awkward Cyber-diplomats from around the world say they want the internet to be safe, secure, and free of interference. Of course, they believe it's the fault of other nations that the internet is not safe, secure or free of interference.... [...]
Microsoft has four entries on list of shame, Log4j tops the chart Three US national security agencies - CISA, the FBI and the NSA - on Thursday issued a joint advisory naming the 20 infosec exploited by state-sponsored Chinese threat actors since 2020.... [...]
Whereabouts of wanted cryptobro unknown, but he's reliably on Twitter South Korea issued a publicly available notice on Wednesday to wanted man and Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, demanding he return his passport.... [...]
Patiently gathers data that can be used to identify the victims, says Kaspersky Cybersecurity biz Kaspersky has spotted a modified version of the Tor Browser it says collects sensitive data on Chinese users.... [...]
Data theft stinks, says victim. Alleged perp claims he's getting a raw deal The president of casual Japanese chain restaurant Kappa Sushi resigned yesterday in the wake of a data-theft scandal that has rocked the world of sushi trains.... [...]
It is the exponential changes in the course of human history that worry Serg Bell Acronis founder Serg Bell is afraid of his own vacuum cleaner, he told The Register in Singapore last week.... [...]
State-sponsored ZINC allegedly passes on malware-laden open source apps Microsoft has claimed a North Korean crew poses as LinkedIn recruiters to distribute poisoned versions of open source software packages.... [...]
PLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more! Asia In Brief India's government last week released a draft telco law that defines all over-the-top services as telecoms providers and therefore makes them subject to the same regulations imposed on …
Subscribers have questions – like 'When were you going to tell us?' Updated Australian telecommunications company Optus has fallen victim to a significant cyberattack and data breach.... [...]
Also: New 'magnet of threats' attackers and FBI has details on Iran's online incursion into Albania Iran is experiencing a near-total internet service disruption in the west and intermittent interruptions nationwide, with access to Instagram, Whatsapp and some mobile networks being blocked, says Netblocks.... [...]
Lured by fake jobs, victims are isolated abroad and forced to carry out crypto and romance scams, and more Authorities in Sihanoukville, Cambodia announced on Sunday that a raid last week uncovered evidence of forced labor cybercrime syndicates that participated in human trafficking and torture.... [...]
Pacific Network Corp and China Unicom join the likes of Huawei, Hytera, Hikvision on list of dangerous suppliers The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added two Chinese companies to its list of communications equipment suppliers rated a threat to national security: Pacific Network Corp, its wholly owned subsidiary …
PLUS: Qualys CEO says APAC has infosec advantages; Singapore's Sea ebbs in Americas; Toshiba's tepid takeover update; and more Asia In Brief Indonesia's competition regulator, the Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU) has alleged that Google has violated local anti-monopoly laws by abusing its dominant position for the distribution of …
Both search giant and Facebook parent claim they play by the rules, will challenge decision South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has issued two large fines for privacy violations: a $50 million penalty for Google and $22 million for Meta.... [...]