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Several South Korean government agencies responsible for national cyber defense collaborated with the British military to conduct a joint international cyber exercise. This cooperative training, aimed at testing their combined capabilities to counter cyberattacks, concluded on February 16 after a week-long session. In an email statement to The Readable on February 21, the British Embassy […]
In early 2024, several member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were targeted in cyberattacks linked to China-backed threat actors. These incidents encompassed espionage campaigns directed at government agencies and cyberattacks on vital infrastructure, orchestrated by Chinese entities. While both cyber espionage campaigns and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure pose significant threats to […]
A collaborative task force named “Operation Cronos,” involving the National Crime Agency (NCA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Europol, and other international partners, successfully infiltrated and disrupted LockBit, one of the world’s most prevalent ransomware variants. In a press release issued by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on Tuesday, it was announced that the […]
South Korea’s Supreme Court is currently under investigation by the country’s law enforcement officials, who are investigating an alleged cyberattack. The attack, purportedly orchestrated by a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group, targeted the judicial branch’s computer network last year. The Korean National Police Agency stated on Wednesday that they are seizing servers at the Supreme […]
Intelligence agencies from South Korea and Germany jointly issued a security advisory concerning cyber threats from North Korea, primarily regarding the theft of advanced defense technology. This marks the second occasion that the two countries have issued a joint cybersecurity statement against cyberattacks attributed to the Pyongyang regime. On February 19, the National Intelligence Service […]
South Korea’s Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) announced on Monday its plans to compile statistics on the cybersecurity workforce. This initiative, requested by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), will be included in the “National Statistics Development Project.” The MSIT’s request for “cybersecurity workforce status statistics” is tied to the creation of the Information Security Industrial […]
By Kuksung Nam, The Readable Feb. 19, 2024 9:03PM GMT+9 On Monday, cybersecurity experts from both the public and private sectors gathered to commemorate the establishment of a new association dedicated to assisting South Korean lawmakers in drafting legislation pertinent to the cybersecurity field. During the inaugural general meeting held at the National Assembly Member’s […]
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On Wednesday, Microsoft and OpenAI, companies partnered in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, disclosed that Kimsuky, a hacking group based in North Korea, has utilized OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) to aid in their hacking activities. The group leveraged OpenAI’s technologies to generate content for spear phishing campaigns, which aim to target specific […]
A professor from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has been sentenced to two years in prison by an appellate court for leaking core autonomous vehicle technologies to China. This decision, made on February 15, overturns the original sentence which had granted probation. The Daejeon District Court imposed a two-year prison sentence […]
