Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Crim used infostealer to get cloud credentials If you don't say "yes way" to MFA, the consequences can be disastrous. Sensitive data belonging to about 50 global enterprises is listed for sale – and, in some cases, has already been sold – on the dark web following a major infostealer campaign, with apparent victims including American utility engineering firm Pickett and Associates; Japan's homebuilding giant Sekisui House; and Spain's largest airline Iberia.…

PLUS: Perplexity AI scores 360-million-customer win in India; Australian billionaire’s political party suffers data breach, won’t contact victims; and more Asia In Brief Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory last week announced the discovery of a small body with an orbit beyond Pluto’s, and scientists think its presence means the “Planet 9” theory should be revisited.…

Nagoya Harbor hit the rocks yesterday but looks to be afloat once more The port of Nagoya – which shifted 2.68 million shipping containers and 164 million tons of cargo in 2022 – has moved precious few in the last 24 hours after finding itself the latest victim of Russia's notorious LockBit ransomware gang.…