Category: Security

Japanese Government Reassures Free WiFi Providers Not Tap Users Messages

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC) on April 4 issued two administrative directions around the constitutionally guaranteed secrecy of communication (=Tsuushin no Himitsu, in Japanese) against Connect Free and NTT Broadband Platform. Both companies tried to offer free WiFi services at shops last December but got in troubles by suspicious behaviors when users connect… Continue reading Japanese Government Reassures Free WiFi Providers Not Tap Users Messages

Privacy: How To Get Postal Address From Amazon Wish List

Amazon’s wish list is a list of products that you can publish on Amazon and ask people to purchase and send, a kind of donation feature. You are expected to be anonymous and still receive gifts, for example blog readers. On January 18, a Twitter user @mopetsune explained how you can extract anyone’s real address… Continue reading Privacy: How To Get Postal Address From Amazon Wish List

10% Of Ministry Staff Open Suspicious Mail Attachment On Surprise Security Drill In Japan

Japan’s National Information Security Center reported on January 19 that the results of its security drill with 60,000 staff in 12 government organizations around malicious mail attachment [J, pdf]. According to the report, from October to December 2011, the center held security training to the 60,000 staff, then sent two mails which you could not… Continue reading 10% Of Ministry Staff Open Suspicious Mail Attachment On Surprise Security Drill In Japan

Japan’s #2 Carrier KDDI Pushing Ads On Android Notification Bar

KDDI, Japan’s second largest cellphone carrier is being blamed by users on Twitter [J] by displaying advertising on Android “as a system notification”. Here is a sample screenshot informs from KDDI to you “Diet by an App”, on the system notification. The Android app to insert such ads on the Android system notification is an… Continue reading Japan’s #2 Carrier KDDI Pushing Ads On Android Notification Bar

Rakuten’s Virtual Currency Claimed To Be Stolen And Used For Online Game Nexon

There have been consumers complaining that their Rakuten Super Point, virtual currency circulated in Japan’s largest online shopping mall Rakuten Ichiba and its affiliated services, had been disappeared, the record said that they had spend it on online game service Nexon. There are already over 100 Rakuten users reported to Rakuten that their points were… Continue reading Rakuten’s Virtual Currency Claimed To Be Stolen And Used For Online Game Nexon

Ameba Gets Security Attack – 50,000 Users Unregistered From The Service

Cyber Agent’s Ameba, one of Japan’s largest blogging service with thousands of celebrity blogs and virtual community around Ameba Pigg, announced on its staff blog [J] that Ameba services got illegal access, and some of its users are seeing trouble that they can not log in and look withdrawn the service since December 24 night.… Continue reading Ameba Gets Security Attack – 50,000 Users Unregistered From The Service