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Japan’s Digital Agency found a data leak that may have exposed about 246,000 records with personal information of government workers. The agency explains that the attacker got in by taking advantage of a weak spot in a VPN device used by the Government Solution Service (GSS). An investigation began on …

Casbaneiro is going after online banking users by sending fake messages that seem like urgent bills or legal papers. The campaign uses custom PDF tricks to lead people to a harmful download, risking email information, bank activity, and system details. The Windows-based operation stays quiet until it really needs to …

German law enforcement agencies are using features built into apps such as WhatsApp to monitor people’s messages without breaking their encryption or installing spyware on their phones. New documents published by German digital rights outlet Netzpolitik show the country’s Customs Office began testing the technique, known as “messenger monitoring,” in late …