Jay Jay

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Senior Editor, APAC at Information Security Media Group (ISMG)

Senior Editor, APAC at Information Security Media Group

Articles

Tiffany, Dior Suffer South Korean Customer Data Breaches

1 week ago | databreachtoday.com | Jay Jay

3rd Party Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response Retailers Report a Spurt in Breaches Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 29, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. said hackers stole South Korean customers' data from a third-party vendor's platform, a disclosure that came shortly after sister brand Dior announced a similar breach.
Tiffany, Dior Suffer South Korean Customer Data Breaches

1 week ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Jay Jay

24 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Retailers Report a Spurt in Breaches Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 29, 2025 Jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. said hackers stole South Korean customers' data from a third-party vendor's platform, a disclosure that came shortly after sister brand Dior announced a similar breach.
India Launches Tool to Help Banks Block Fraudulent Payments

2 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.asia | Jay Jay

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Geo Focus: Asia Fraud Risk Indicator to Help Consumers Identify Scam Potential for Mobile Numbers The Indian government announced plans to alert banks and payment processors about mobile numbers used for cybercrime and scams to help them stop money transfers and protect consumers.
India's Zero-FIR Initiative to Speed Up Cybercrime Crackdown

2 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.asia | Jay Jay

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: Asia Police to Treat Complaints of High-Value Offenses as FIRs to Nab Criminals Quickly India's home ministry has launched an initiative to convert cybercrime complaints above a certain financial threshold into first information reports to speed up investigations and nab cybercriminals faster.
Japanese Parliament Passes Active Cyber Defense Law

2 weeks ago | databreachtoday.com | Jay Jay

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: Asia New Cyber Law Enables Agencies to Neutralize Attackers' Servers Located Abroad Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 19, 2025 Japan's House of Councillors passed the active cyber bill on Friday at the National Diet Building.
Japanese Parliament Passes Active Cyber Defense Law

2 weeks ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Jay Jay

28 minutes ago bankinfosecurity New Cyber Law Enables Agencies to Neutralize Attackers' Servers Located Abroad Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 19, 2025 The Japanese Parliament passed the long-delayed active cyber defense bill on Friday, paving the way for government agencies to monitor external telecommunications and preemptively respond to signs of cyberattacks, including neutralizing attackers' servers.
Human Rights Group's Complaint Forms Exposed on Internet

3 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Jay Jay

Data Breach Notification , Data Security , Geo-Specific Australian Human Rights Commission Detected Leak of 670 Online Forms After a Month Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 16, 2025 Image: Shutterstock The Australian Human Rights Commission said unprotected online complaint forms exposed the personal, healthcare and demographic information of Australians to the public internet for over a month. See Also: New Attacks. Skyrocketing Costs. The True Cost of a Security Breach.
Chinese Threat Group Targeted Taiwanese Drone Manufacturers

3 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.asia | Jay Jay

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: Asia Cyberespionage Group Attacked Suppliers to Compromise Drone Market Supply Chain A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor ran two separate campaigns between 2023 and 2024 to compromise software service providers and military industry organizations in Taiwan and South Korea, particularly companies in the drone manufacturing supply chain.
APAC Businesses Face Growing API-Related Attacks

3 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.asia | Jay Jay

Application Security , Geo Focus: Asia , Geo-Specific Akamai Says Security Teams Lack Time and Resources to Fix API Vulnerabilities Four out of five security professionals in China, India, Japan and Australia reported suffering cybersecurity incidents related to API vulnerabilities over the past year, according to a survey report by cybersecurity company Akamai. Each API-related security incident on average cost organizations over $580,000.
US Readies Huione Group Ban Over Cybercrime Links

1 month ago | databreachtoday.com | Jay Jay

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Huione Group Helped Criminals Launder Over $4 Billion Worth of Cybercrime Proceeds Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 5, 2025 Image: Shutterstock The U.S. Department of Treasury set in motion a process to ban a Cambodian company's access to the dollar financial system for running a vast illicit marketplace for cybercrime tools and laundering billions of dollars on behalf of North Korean and other cybercrime groups.