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Critical Linux Vulnerability (Severity 9.8) Allows Root Access Without Authentication; Anthropic's AI Demonstrates Exploit
Anthropic announced on October 27th that it successfully demonstrated an attack exploiting the Linux kernel vulnerability 'CVE 2026 98432' to remotely execute commands with administrative privileges. The vulner...
Local AI on Smartphones Evolves, Surpassing Larger Models with Tool Operation; Liquid AI Announces "LFM3"
Oct 29, 2026
Good Smile Company: Full Credit Card Numbers and Security Codes Potentially Leaked, Up to 2,800 People Possibly Affected
Oct 29, 2026
Sakanaction's Ichiro Yamaguchi Perplexed by ChatGPT's Anomaly: 'Does It Break Down Like This?'
Oct 29, 2026
Local AI on Smartphones Evolves, Surpassing Larger Models with Tool Operation; Liquid AI Announces "LFM3"
US based Liquid AI announced on October 27th the "LFM3" series of lightweight AI models, designed to run on smartphone devices like the iPhone 17...
Good Smile Company: Full Credit Card Numbers and Security Codes Potentially Leaked, Up to 2,800 People Possibly Affected
Good Smile Company announced its third report on October 29 regarding unauthorized access to its official online shop. It states that up to 2,800...
Sakanaction's Ichiro Yamaguchi Perplexed by ChatGPT's Anomaly: 'Does It Break Down Like This?'
Sakanaction's Ichiro Yamaguchi showcased a peculiar interaction with ChatGPT during a YouTube live stream on October 27. Yamaguchi typically conv...
BRAVIA for ¥144,980, Hitachi Refrigerator for ¥89,980! 'Floor Model Appliance Sale' Until November 8th
Sofmap is currently holding a "Floor Model Appliance Sale" until November 8th. The event offers televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, and...
OpenAI Announces "GPT-6.1 Terra" for Low-Cost Image Understanding and PC Operation
On October 26, OpenAI announced "GPT 6.1 Terra," a new AI model suitable for image understanding, PC operation, and text generation. It will be a...
HP Japan Announces "HP ZGX Fury G1n AI Station" Featuring NVIDIA GB300: A High-Performance Workstation for AI Development
HP Japan announced the "HP ZGX Fury G1n AI Station," a tower workstation specialized for AI development, on October 26. Pricing starts from 28,49...
Pachislot App "777Real" Maintenance Prolonged Due to Vulnerability Fix; Apology Items to Be Distributed
Sammy NetWorks announced on October 25th that maintenance for its pachinko and pachislot app "777Real," related to a PHP vulnerability fix, was s...
GMO CEO Kumagai Apologizes for Unauthorized Access, Failed to Prevent Despite Prior Vulnerability Warnings
Masatoshi Kumagai, CEO of GMO Internet Group, apologized to users and stakeholders on his blog on October 25, following an unauthorized access in...
Good Smile Company Reports Potential Customer Data Breach Due to Unauthorized Access
Good Smile Company announced on October 23rd that unauthorized access by a third party occurred on its e commerce site, "Good Smile Company Offic...
Panasonic Uploads Personal Data of 330,000 Individuals to External AI
Panasonic Operational Excellence announced on October 23 that it had uploaded data, including personal information of current and former employee...
Times CAR Offers ¥3,000 Compensation to 1.46 Million Users After Driver's License Image Leak
Park24 announced on October 23 that it would provide cash or gift certificates equivalent to ¥3,000 to some users following unauthorized access t...
Rokin App Suspended Due to PHP Vulnerability Measures; Revamped Version Restored
On October 22, the Rokin Federation Bank announced the temporary suspension of its "Rokin App" and "Rokin iDeCo WEB Application" following the pu...
Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Duet': A Persistent AI Agent That Keeps Working Even When Your PC Is Closed
On October 21st, Anthropic announced a research preview of "Claude Duet," an AI agent designed to proactively handle user notifications and reque...
Attacks Targeting PHP Vulnerability Surge to Millions; Cloudflare Reports Hundreds of Thousands Within 2 Hours of Disclosure
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince reported on his official X account around 10:25 AM on October 22nd that traffic attempting to exploit the PHP vulne...
Aeon Confirms Unauthorized Access on Group Company Websites; Investigating Potential Personal Data Leak
Aeon announced on October 21st that it had detected unauthorized access by a third party on some websites of its group companies. The company sta...
Childcare ICT Service 'CoDMON' Suspended Due to Critical Vulnerability, Expected to Relaunch on Oct. 22
CoDMON announced on October 21st that it has suspended all services, including the parent app, for its ICT service "CoDMON" designed for childcar...
AI-Powered Reverse Engineering Tool 'REA' Goes Viral with Over 300,000 GitHub Stars in Just Two Weeks
REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), a reverse engineering support tool for AI agents released by morluto on GitHub, is rapidly gaining popularity. I...
Phishing Reports Surge 15% to 94,661; Personalized Scam Emails Confirmed
The Council of Anti Phishing Japan (CAPJ) announced its phishing report status for September 2026 on October 19. A total of 94,661 reports were r...
Nifty Suffers Unauthorized Access, Up to 540,000 Records Potentially Leaked
Nifty announced on October 19th that it has confirmed unauthorized external access to its line application and reception management system. There...
Reality of AI Cyberattacks Targeting Japanese Companies Revealed by GMO Investigation
GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae announced on October 19 that, after investigating attack infrastructures for unauthorized access targeting Japanese co...
ASUS 'UGen300' Series Enables Cloud-Independent Generative AI, Supporting LLM, VLM, and Speech Recognition
ASUS Japan will release three models from the edge AI accelerator "ASUS UGen300" series and the "ASUS UGen200" on October 16. The UGen300 series ...
"I Cried," "It Made Me Think": AI-Created Life Simulation Game "1 in 8 Billion" Goes Massively Viral
What kind of life would you have lived if you were born in a completely different country or family? This free browser game, "1 in 8 Billion," wh...
ASUS Announces "UGen300" for Local Generative AI Processing, an Edge AI Accelerator with Up to 40 TOPS
ASUS JAPAN has announced three models in the "ASUS UGen300" series of edge AI accelerators, which support both traditional vision AI and generati...
That Furby at a 'Bug Price' of 1,784 Yen! An Astonishing 82% Off at the Amazon Prime Gratitude Festival – It's a Must-Buy Toy!
During the ongoing 'Prime Gratitude Festival' pre sale on Amazon, Hasbro Japan's electronic pet, 'Furby Purple (F6743),' is available for 1,784 y...
Digital Hollywood University Offers Anthropic's 'Claude' Free to All Students, First Campus-Wide Implementation in a Japanese University
Digital Hollywood University announced on October 14th that it will implement Anthropic's generative AI "Claude" campus wide, providing an enviro...
Windows Gets Record 1400+ Vulnerability Fixes, Some Already Exploited – Update Soon
On October 13, Microsoft released its monthly security updates for October 2026. The updates address over 1400 vulnerabilities, a record high. In...
Google's "Gemini 4 Argon" Finally Launched: Strong Test Scores, But Can It Perform in Real-World Tasks?
On October 13, Google began general availability of its AI model "Gemini 4 Argon." It is accessible to Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers within the...
Rakuten Mobile Notifies Users of Potential Data Leak, Including Past Subscribers
Rakuten Mobile sent an email notification to its users on October 13, stating that payment certificates downloadable from "my Rakuten Mobile" cou...
