[Lecture Announcement] Building Trust in the Post-COVID Era (2021-05-21)

The 25th Shirahama Symposium on Cybercrime, entitled "Trust in Cyberspace: Now is the Time to Think About It - Cloud Security and Zero Trust Networks", will feature a talk entitled "Building Trust in the Post-COVID Era" (May 2021, 5, 21:13-55:14). The talk will be followed by a talk entitled "In a Time Without Trust..."

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Special Issue on the Journal of Information Processing Society of Japan, "Goodbye, Meaningless Encrypted ZIP Attachment Emails"

A small feature article entitled "Goodbye, Meaningless Encrypted ZIP Attachment Emails" that I have been working on since the end of last year has been published in the Information Processing Journal. Meaningless encrypted ZIP attachment emails are commonly known as PPAP, and refer to a custom unique to Japan. It is now a method adopted by various companies, including government agencies. The overall structure is based on the results of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NAIST)…

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For private use of the "number"

In relation to the "number"/My Number system (it is unfortunate that many media outlets still refer to it as a "common number"), I have heard voices from various organizations saying things like, "Let's allow the "number" to be used by the private sector!" and "Let's get the four pieces of information (name, date of birth, gender, address)!" Originally, I was a data…

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40% of bank card PIN numbers are based on birthdates (Financial Services Agency survey)

The Financial Services Agency announced on the 22nd the results of a survey on fraudulent withdrawals of deposits using counterfeit cash cards, which revealed that 41% of the PIN numbers of the affected cards were based on birthdates or numbers that could be inferred from them, 60% of the losses were over 1 million yen, and most of the withdrawals were made within three days. Financial institutions have compensated the victims...

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