Of course phishing isn’t new at all in Japan, and it looks as if the nation’s plodding police force is gradually catching up with cybercrime, as the J-cops have finally landed their first phisher.The suspect allegedly won about 300 auctions on Yahoo Japan using stolen user IDs and passwords. The accused, according to reports, obtained the IDs and passwords of about 500 Yahoo Auction users between last March and this January and resold about ?5.5 million (US$47,000) worth of book vouchers and travel coupons. For more on phishing, read How to Foil a Phish.Don’t forget to keep checking in at our CSO Security Feed page for updated news coverage. -Paul Kallender, Digital World Tokyo Related content news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability brandpost The advantages and risks of large language models in the cloud Understanding the pros and cons of LLMs in the cloud is a step closer to optimized efficiency—but be mindful of security concerns along the way. By Daniel Prizmant, Senior Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Cloud Security news Arm patches bugs in Mali GPUs that affect Android phones and Chromebooks The vulnerability with active exploitations allows local non-privileged users to access freed-up memory for staging new attacks. By Shweta Sharma Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Android Security Vulnerabilities news UK businesses face tightening cybersecurity budgets as incidents spike More than a quarter of UK organisations think their cybersecurity budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats. By Michael Hill Oct 03, 2023 3 mins CSO and CISO Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe