Collaborate Disseminate
Just a few days ago, on the other side of the planet from this author, there was a mechanical keyboard meetup in Tokyo. Fortunately through the magic of the Internet we can all enjoy the impressive collection of devices people brought, and boy were there some interesting specimens. There were …read more
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Researchers have uncovered an advanced persistent threat that for at least five years has used an array of hacking tools and covert automatic updates as part of a hacking campaign that bears little technical similarity to any other APT. The “TajMahal” cyber-espionage group uses software backdoors, audio recorders, keyloggers, screen and webcam grabbers, cryptography key stealers and up to 80 malicious modules as part of a “full-blown spying framework,” according to research published Wednesday by Kaspersky Lab. TajMahal relies on an entirely new base of code that has no similarities to other known malware or APT techniques, helping its operators avoid detection between August 2013 and April 2018, researchers found. “Just to highlight its capabilities, TajMahal is able to steal data from a CD burnt by a victim as well as from the printer queue,” Kaspersky said in a blog post. “It also can request to steal a particular file from […]
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The wild story of Aum Shinrikyo, a religious cult steeped in science and high technology that carried out a deadly sarin attack in Tokyo in 1995. Continue reading Japan Just Executed the Leaders of an LSD-Fueled Doomsday Science Cult
Like an anime version of Amazon’s Alexa. Continue reading This Japanese Company Wants to Sell You a Tiny Holographic Wife
Projection mapping is pretty magical; done well, it’s absolutely miraculous when the facade of a building starts popping out abstract geometric objects, or crumbles in front of our very eyes. “Dynamic projection mapping onto deforming non-rigid surface” takes it to the next level. (Watch the video below.)
A group in the Ishikawa Watanabe lab at the University of Tokyo has a technique where they cover the target with a number of dots in an ink that is only visible in the infra-red. A high-speed (1000 FPS!) camera and some very fast image processing then work out not only how the …read more
Neco Republic want people to know that there’s no need to fear cats with FIV. Continue reading A New Japanese Cat Café Is Raising Awareness of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Yoshiki Kitagawa recorded destruction left by the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan to raise awareness of citizens’ plight. Continue reading These 360 Videos Show the Aftermath of Japan’s April Earthquake
