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The National Police Agency and the National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity warned Japanese organizations of a sophisticated Chinese state-backed cyber-espionage effort called "MirrorFace" to steal technology and national security secrets.  Japanese authorities said the advanced persistent threat group (APT) MirrorFace has been operating since 2019.

"By publicizing the modus operandi of 'MirrorFace' cyberattacks, the purpose of this alert is to make targeted organizat

The foundry space is arguably the most complex and competitive it has been in decades as foundry upstarts in the US and Japan look to challenge heavyweights Samsung and TSMC for a piece of the action.  But while Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger aims to leapfrog Samsung as the number two foundry operator, Henri Richard, the newly appointed president and general manager of Japan's Rapidus Design Solutions, doesn't believe it's necessary to challenge TSMC directly to be successful given the current climate.

A Chinese cyber espionage group targeting organizations and individuals in China and Japan has remained under the radar for roughly five years, cybersecurity firm ESET https://www.eset.com reports.  Researchers have tracked it as Blackwood and active since at least 2018, the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor has been using Adversary-in-the-Middle (AitM) attacks to deploy a sophisticated implant via the update mechanisms of legitimate software such as Sogou Pinyin, Tencent QQ, and WPS Office

Cybersecurity agencies from Japan and the US have warned of attacks mounted by a state-backed hacking group from China to stealthily tamper with branch routers and use them as jumping-off points to access the networks of various companies in the two countries.  The attacks have been tied to a malicious cyber actor dubbed BlackTech by the US National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Japan National Police Agency

Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future.  China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC.  US - China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast.

See:  https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-chinese-balloon-not-a-good-sign

China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scien

Many people have wondered what the YKK labeled zipper on their jeans and jackets really meant.  Well, hackers sure knew what YKK stood for: lots of ransom money. Japanese zipper giant YKK confirmed that its US operations were targeted by hackers in recent weeks but said it was able to contain the threat before damage was caused.

The Tokyo-based corporation would not say if it was hit with ransomware, but a spokesperson reported that once YKK discovered that its US-based networks were targeted, t

Besides politics, artificial intelligence is all over the news today. Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT can summarize scientific articles for you, debug your faulty code, and write Microsoft Excel formulas at your command.  But have you considered how many jobs AI can replace?  Goldman Sachs thinks something like 300 million.

See: https://redskyalliance.org/xindustry/the-future-is-here

According to the investment bank, about 300 million jobs could be lost to AI, signaling that the technology c

The Canadian military has discovered Chinese spy buoys in the Arctic which allegedly are monitoring US submarines and melting ice sheets.  Such "activity is not new,” Canadian defense minister said in recent televised remarks, implying that China has been engaging in surveillance efforts in the region for some time.[1]  Russia has long sought an Arctic trade route to create shorter vessel travel to Europe.  Seems the Chinese may have the same idea, and oh; spy on its adversaries.

Officials descr

North Korea’s BlueNoroff hackers have updated their strategies and delivery techniques in a new wave of attacks targeting banks and venture capital firms according to cyber threat investigators.  Part of Lazarus, a hacking group linked to the North Korean government, BlueNoroff is financially motivated and has been blamed for numerous cyber-attacks targeting banks, cryptocurrency firms, and other financial institutions.

The campaign by BlueNoroff has been in operation at least since 2017.  It us

With Bitcoin recently surpassing $50,000.00, crimes involves that e-currency is getting really expensive.  Recently, more than $154 million in funds stolen from Sony Group Corp., based in Tokyo Japan was recovered after an insider allegedly embezzled money and converted it to Bitcoin.  This reported by the US Department of Justice.  The US government has filed a civil action lawsuit in federal court to return the funds to Sony.  Following an investigation by the FBI, authorities allege that Rei

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) has signaled its commitment to cybersecurity by announcing a dedicated new group that will promote best practices and shared standards.  The announcement came after the first-ever in-person meeting of the Quad, which comprises the US, India, Japan, and Australia in an alliance of democratic nations designed to counter Chinese aggression.

A White House briefing on the leaders’ summit detailed multiple areas of cooperation between the four nations, from C