A campaign conceals malicious code in PNG files via steganography, then deploys a custom reverse tunnel to maintain persistent access. The reverse tunnel technique continues to diversify in its delivery vectors.
Sep 1, 2026 2 1
An official farewell ceremony has been announced for the life-size Gundam statue in Tokyo. The event will be broadcast live—an opportunity to pay tribute to one of Japan’s iconic pop culture installations before its removal.
Aug 28, 2026 3 1
X Corp has just sent cease and desist letters to the open-source project Nitter, a lightweight, tracker-free alternative to Twitter/X. Nitter allowed users to view tweets without an account or advertising surveillance. Hiroshi assesses what is shutting down, why, and what alternatives remain.
Aug 27, 2026 3 1
A promotional or demonstration video discovered in macOS 26.7 beta files confirms for the first time that Apple is indeed preparing AirPods Pro with an integrated camera—for a very specific use.
Aug 20, 2026 3 1
S-GAME took advantage of a State of Play to unveil new gameplay sequences and delve deeper into the story of Phantom Blade Zero. A Chinese action-RPG that is increasingly establishing itself as one of the most anticipated titles on PS5 and PC.
Aug 18, 2026 13 3
A coordinated operation between Naver WEBTOON, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), and Interpol has led to the removal of three English-language manga and webtoon piracy platforms. A victory, but mirror sites continue to proliferate.
Aug 14, 2026 5 2
While the security community is preoccupied with AI agents as a new attack vector, traditional ransomware groups are quietly stepping up their operations. *The Register* documents the correlation.
Aug 13, 2026 2 1
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, master of Japanese genre cinema, delivers his first chambara. Kotaku pits him against Astérix and the Odyssey: two travel narratives, two radically opposed visions of destiny and heroism.
Aug 9, 2026 4 1
Kanpyō is everywhere in traditional Japanese cuisine—sushi, oden, nimono—yet most Westerners don’t know its name. A portrait of a discreet yet versatile ingredient that encapsulates everything we love about Japanese culinary craftsmanship.
Aug 9, 2026 3 1
A developer named Kahris published on GitHub a native iOS port of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 60 FPS, iPad resolution, Bluetooth controller support. The twist: the iOS layer was generated autonomously by Codex 5.6 Sol from OpenAI, based on a single prompt refined for hours.
Jul 28, 2026 25 4
A researcher claims to have alerted SharkNinja as early as March about a vulnerability that allows remote control of Shark robot vacuum cleaners, access to their camera, and the exfiltration of sensitive data. Patches are still awaited.
Jul 27, 2026 4 1
The North Korean group BlueNoroff (Lazarus) has been operating a Zoom/Teams phishing kit since May 2026 that compromises legitimate Telegram accounts, invites targets to a fake meeting, captures their webcam, overlays an AI deepfake (ChatGPT), profiles installed crypto wallets, and then pushes malware via ClickFix. Five versions of the kit documented by JUMPSEC.
Jul 24, 2026 8 2
