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[Weekend Briefing] North Korean hackers are everywhere

[Weekend Briefing] North Korean hackers are everywhere

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 31, 2023 8:10PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics

Security leaders discussed North Korean crypto heists

Security leaders discussed North Korean crypto heists

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 31, 2023 7:50PM GMT+9 Heads of national cybersecurity in South Korea convened on Thursday to discuss strategies to deter the escalating hacking attacks carried out by the North Korean regime. The National Security Research Institute (NSR) and the National Intelligence Service (NIS)

North Korea exploits authentication software to hack South Korea

North Korea exploits authentication software to hack South Korea

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 30, 2023 7:50PM GMT+9 North Korean hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in a popular South Korean authentication software program that is installed on 10 million personal computers and have succeeded in infiltrating 210 devices belonging to 60 organizations so far, the

Korean government removes vulnerable CCTVs after video leak

Korean government removes vulnerable CCTVs after video leak

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 28, 2023 6:30PM GMT+9 Local governments in South Korea are no longer allowed to use CCTV cameras that have not gone through security verification by an official testing institute. Security standards for video recording devices in the public sector were no more

South Korea embraces quantum cryptographic devices in public sector

South Korea embraces quantum cryptographic devices in public sector

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 27, 2023 7:48PM GMT+9 The South Korean intelligence agency announced on Monday that they will start security testing on quantum cryptographic devices next week. This means that public institutions in South Korea will be able to adopt devices which are made with

South Korea, Germany issued joint alert on Kimsuky exploiting Google

South Korea, Germany issued joint alert on Kimsuky exploiting Google

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 20, 2023 7:05PM GMT+9 The intelligence agencies in South Korea and Germany issued a joint alert on Monday regarding the latest cyberattack by the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Kimsuky. This is the second joint alert that the South Korean spy agency

[Weekend Briefing] North Korean hackers’ espionage against China

[Weekend Briefing] North Korean hackers’ espionage against China

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 17, 2023 7:43PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics

Most popular messaging app in Korea faces controversy over security

Most popular messaging app in Korea faces controversy over security

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 14, 2023 5:44PM GMT+9 KakaoTalk, a mobile messaging application used by almost the entire population of South Korea, has been wrapped up in a massive controversy over personal data breaches. Its open chat rooms, which are supposed to protect the anonymity of

CCTV footage from plastic surgeon’s office dispersed onto obscene websites

CCTV footage from plastic surgeon’s office dispersed onto obscene websites

By Dain Oh, The Readable Mar. 10, 2023 7:22PM GMT+9 Camera footage that shows medical examinations in a plastic surgeon’s office in Seoul has been exposed online and is being circulated through obscene websites based in China. The South Korean police launched an investigation to trace the

[Weekend Briefing] North Korean missiles and cyberspace

[Weekend Briefing] North Korean missiles and cyberspace

By Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam, The Readable Mar. 3, 2023 8:00PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a