tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54778251707258470142024-03-13T11:04:42.427+09:00Yamato Security 大和セキュリティThe Number One Source to IT Security in Japan!takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-3314133841332597542010-03-09T16:30:00.003+09:002010-03-09T17:26:18.202+09:00StandardsFrom the Oxford dictionary..."Standard": 1. A level of quality, especially one that people think is acceptable. 2. A level of quality that is normal or acceptable for a particular person or in a particular situation.So this is a follow up to my post on the iTunes ruckus going around.Shortly after I posted that, there was a posting on Slashdot.jp about this with headlines saying "Apple claims "Ourtakuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-18851791868356343422010-03-09T16:09:00.004+09:002010-03-09T16:36:30.823+09:00Is this for real?This month I am losing my main job so I have decided to take the opportunity to take a long 3 month holiday (after 4 straight years of non-stop work in Japan) from my other jobs and fulfill my dreams... to go to Egypt and travel the Middle East!So first thing next month I will be on a plane to Dubai for a week to visit a friend, then Cairo here I come! I am then going to go with two Australian takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-64306222849784332222010-03-05T16:22:00.002+09:002010-03-05T16:52:20.401+09:00iTunes causing big problems in JapanI found out about this on the evening news last night.Apparently there are many Japanese getting billed by iTunes for purchases they did not make.But what they are really anger over is how Apple is handling the situation... (or more precisely how they are *not* handling the situation.)At first they tried Apple's rule #1 of what to do when someone claims a fault or problem in Apple's products... takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-69863229844079739712010-03-05T14:59:00.003+09:002010-03-05T16:13:44.975+09:00The Face of a FraudsterFraud is by far the easiest, most widespread, and (figuratively speaking) deadliest attack in Japan these days. With a very trusting culture it is not hard to imagine that people have realized that they can abuse that trust and pretty much trick about anyone into believing something that will make them hand over some money...The types of fraud here have an extensive range of variety that is too takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-46638685071330313362010-03-04T17:23:00.003+09:002010-03-04T17:38:02.780+09:00First Arrest of File Uploader to Overseas Site(This is actually from an arrest from pirating on Share as I could not find any picture for this incident.. but I am sure if I did it would like just like this....)The very first arrest has been made on a 46 year old guy in Hokkaido for uploading copyrighted music to a file hosting provider and making the links public.This is noteworthy because until now the only arrests for illegally pirating takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-77810437957889678202010-03-01T17:30:00.002+09:002010-03-01T17:39:39.662+09:00JR Japan East Gets Gumbled.....Again!More Gumblar attacks...Apparently JR (Japan Rail) (Japan's largest railway company)'s site got p0ny'ed (or whatever the latest hacker jargon you guys are using these days) by the infamous Gumblar!Perhaps this lame viruses incredible success is a direct reflection on Japan's lame security. (I have yet to see a company that has stopped using FTP/Telnet, etc..)What is more lame about this story is takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-17105051722594317802010-02-25T13:35:00.005+09:002010-02-25T13:46:39.626+09:00ADs for protection against Gumblar...This is a follow up to my previous post on how Gumblar has taken Japan by storm..As I was reading Slashdot.jp on my lovely google reader I came across this advertisement..This is the first time I have ever seen an Ad. for protection against a certain one virus. (Not counting Winny... which probably many people here regard as a virus...)It is an Ad from Japan's most famous AV company Trend Micro takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-33824407108643962012010-02-24T16:30:00.002+09:002010-02-24T16:31:13.951+09:00Copyright CrazinessJapan has some REALLY funky copyright laws that maybe one day I will get in more detail about...Many things that would make your head explode trying to contemplate how they got that way and why they are still that way...(Like no Fair Use...) (I don't want my reader's heads to explode so that is why I am not going further into it...)But one thing I learned new last weekend was about copyrights fortakuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-29185362657247584422010-02-15T14:27:00.004+09:002010-02-15T14:46:16.881+09:00World's First USB 3.0 Thumbdrives on Sale!As all the cool new gadgets come from Japan, so has the world's first USB 3.0 Thumbdrives! You just have to go to Japan's electronic/geek heaven Akihabara to get it! (Or you could buy it online if you read Japanese and live here..) They come in 3 models, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. The 64GB one goes for about $420 and the 128GB for around $740USD. These interesting devices come from the "SuperTalent" takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-90116804579811347482010-02-10T17:06:00.002+09:002010-02-10T17:30:07.389+09:00Gumbling Gumbling GUMBLAR!!!So for the past month or two now all I have heard in the Japanese infosec world is GUMBLAR!(I even overhear people who know nothing about computer security talking about it! It is being talked about as the most devastating and dangerous virus at the moment....)For those of you who do not know, Gumblar is a piece of malware that infects Windows victims through known Flash and PDF vulnerabilities takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-1476135464686176682010-02-10T11:02:00.002+09:002010-02-10T11:28:40.911+09:00Discovered Despite Hiding in the DarkPerfect Dark, is the sort of successor to Share which is the successor to the infamous Winny program.I believe I have posted before about all of the arrests from Winny and Share. Now, the new kid on the block, Perfect Dark is also not a safe haven for Japanese online pirates as well, as the first arrest has been made on a 37 year old part time worker for distributing anime.I guess he needs to takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-75301348711429368112010-02-09T16:17:00.003+09:002010-02-12T17:29:51.375+09:00Politicians can now use the Internet!Ok, so I was pretty flabbergasted (i like that word), when I found out last year or so during the elections that politicians here are banned by law from using the Internet during elections!"In Japan!! One of the world's most modern economies! I am living in 80's?" I thought...So yes, until just now, politicians here have been limited to passing out flyers and being very annoying by driving aroundtakuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-50979360859651898772010-02-09T16:03:00.005+09:002010-02-09T16:15:34.716+09:00Japan wants to be SUPER!!...in computing, that is.(Housing for the world's new future super computer. Just empty rooms now)Slightly old news here but for the past couple months there has been lots of arguing in the Diet about whether to approve a 1.3 billion dollar(USD) project for creating the new world's fastest super computer.Since 1993, Japan has almost always been home to the fastest super computers in the worldtakuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-62224590313815884982010-02-09T15:57:00.002+09:002010-02-09T16:03:00.277+09:00Happy New Years!Ok... so I have been pretty lazy with the updates.. I'm thinking lack of motivation.I have been keeping far too busy that I would like to be but have been doing cool new things in security here as well as outside of work and still learning alot everyday... I have many different things I would like to write about if I get the time....So if you are interested, then post a comment or email me at takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-26906318323058914592009-12-11T11:20:00.002+09:002009-12-11T11:56:12.556+09:00Subverting Fingerprint ScannersSo you probably heard about this already as it has been mentioned on BBC News, Slashdot and one of my favorite new sources, HiTB.From BBC News:"Lin Rong, 27, had previously been deported from Japan for overstaying her visa. She was only discovered when she was arrested on separate charges. Tokyo police said she had paid $15,000 (£9,000) to have the surgery in China. It is Japan's first case oftakuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-11274584176162600202009-12-02T14:40:00.004+09:002009-12-02T14:46:41.883+09:00Be careful when illegally exporting to North KoreaTwo men, one 62 and one 73 were arrested in my (figuratively speaking) backyard, the Kobe port, for trying to export clothes and other luxurious goods to North Korea. (About $60,000USD worth of goods)It is the first time for someone to get arrested for illegal exports to the country since increased sanctions introduced last year because of the long range missile tests of Japan and continued takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-7977328018976091032009-12-01T14:52:00.007+09:002009-12-01T15:57:42.162+09:00First Mass? Arrests In Copyright Infringement Bust(Headline: Man arrested for leaking new Harry Potter)Yesterday, the National Police Agency announced that they arrested 11 people in 10 different provinces around Japan for copyright infringement. This is the very first time that authorities have cooperated together and performed a "large scale" (I use the term relatively) bust on many people at once.Currently, only uploading copyrighted takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-91526300161332894832009-12-01T13:06:00.002+09:002009-12-01T14:40:54.905+09:00Cracking Down on Net CafesA couple days ago, there was an announcement about considering "hardening" net cafes in the Tokyo metropolitan area that would require by law net cafes to ID all customers and keep that information for up to 3 years. This is to prevent abuse at net cafes which are seen by some as a "breading ground for evil" since anyone can use the computers.At the earliest, this ordinance will be brought up in takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-92208598826976554962009-11-20T14:42:00.001+09:002009-11-20T14:42:52.108+09:00"Runaway Sites"<!-- google_ad_section_start --> <!-- maincontent1 start --> Taken from the Japantimes. Desperate measures: A cell phone in Shibuya, Tokyo, shows an "iede saito" (runaway site), where runaway girls post requests for a place to stay in return for sex. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO 'Runaway sites' latest Net-based exploitation of young girls Men provide a place to stay for troubled youths intakuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-78417513861636428472009-10-23T13:29:00.002+09:002009-10-23T13:36:59.208+09:00Winny developer's battle still drags on...Only a couple weeks ago I wrote about the surprising acquittal of the developer of the controversial anonymous P2P file sharing program, Winny.Unfortunately, his battle is still not over after 5 years or so since he was first arrested. Apparently the Osaka "high public prosecutor's office" was not satisfied with the ruling by the Osaka high court and are seeking to find him guilty by taking him takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-83958284222069930212009-10-09T15:59:00.002+09:002009-10-09T16:09:51.719+09:00Winny developer acquitted!This is big news!The developer of Winny, the infamous Japanese P2P software that is pretty much equivalent to "information security", "personal information disclosure" and "the computerized embodiment of the devil" in Japan, has been acquitted reversing a guilty ruling by a lower court that imposed a 1.5 million Yen fine. (At current exchange rates, about $17,000USD)This is great news for takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-65748788528672364082009-09-22T14:57:00.003+09:002009-09-22T15:08:59.971+09:00Fighting Video PiratesSorry no links as I just saw this on TV the other day.Apparently some Japanese folk have created technology to put sensors behind movie screens that can detect if anyone in the audience is filming it with a video camera.I forget how they said they were able to do so technically but they are trying to get them installed in all movie theaters in Japan within the next 3-4 years.If they become takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-78497888965811415802009-07-24T16:18:00.002+09:002009-07-24T16:38:42.821+09:00Risks of Credit CardsApparently credit card numbers are linked to the expiration date MM/YY so that you can run an algorithm with just these two pieces of information offline and tell if the CC is valid or not.Although a convenient feature, this design can be....i mean actually is being exploited.Apparently, some Japanese hackers found out how to derive the full credit card number from just having the last four takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-7434606805289848552009-07-15T15:51:00.001+09:002009-07-15T15:52:42.188+09:00Japanese Government Tightens Its Iron Grip on ForeignersExcerpted from the Japan Times:You may want to read this if you are a foreigner living in Japan. If not, read if you are bored... The Diet passed bills Wednesday that tighten controls on foreign residents, paving the way for them to take effect within three years, despite opposition from foreigners and human rights activists.... The bills, which cleared an Upper House plenary session, takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477825170725847014.post-59798397468919000632009-07-07T10:25:00.003+09:002009-07-07T10:40:58.033+09:00Porn Downloads Strain Japan Phone NetworkPorn Downloads Strain Japan Phone Network"Takeshi says he pays 6,300 yen ($66) a month to NTT DoCoMo Inc. for unlimited Internet access, allowing him to download adult movies on his mobile phone. “A mobile is far handier than a computer for Internet access -- I seldom use a PC outside the office,” said Tokyo travel agent Takeshi, 32, who declined to give his surname. takuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02302465860902187266noreply@blogger.com0