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A North Korean-backed hacking group dubbed Jumpy Pisces has teamed up with a prominent ransomware collective, according to threat research out last week from Palo Alto Networks. The report indicates that a recent ransomware incident revealed an unusual alliance between North Korean hackers and the infamous Play ransomware gang. However, the specifics of the attack […]

Programming interviews for software development roles are a common practice in the tech industry. However, it is rare for these interviews to involve code designed to secretly steal sensitive data from job candidates’ computers. “He wanted me to open up a full stack application and explain the code. I did, but I ran it in […]

North Korea

By Dain Oh, The ReadableMar. 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 issued with a foreign intelligence agency, following the […]

By Dain Oh, The ReadableMar. 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 encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs […]

By Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam, The ReadableMar. 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 compact form. Topics encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There […]

By Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh, The ReadableFeb. 24, 2023 8:18PM GMT+9 Updated Feb. 27, 2023 4:55PM 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 […]

By Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh, The ReadableFeb. 10, 2023 8:15PM KST Updated Feb. 14, 2023 9:30PM KST “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 […]

By Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh, The ReadableJan. 6, 2023 7:33PM KST “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 encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There […]

The Lazarus hacking group, which authorities say has links with the North Korean government, has created a fake website that is linked with a malicious code to target cryptocurrency users, a private cybersecurity firm reported. According to a report by Volexity on December 1, the hacking group created a new website in June of this […]

By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableDec. 2, 2022 10:23PM KST A hacking group, who authorities say worked on the behalf of the North Korean government, used an unreported backdoor to attack a South Korean news organization focused on North Korea in 2021, a private cybersecurity firm reported. According to a report released Wednesday by ESET, this […]

The South Korean military is seeking a more aggressive use of its cyber defense capabilities against North Korea’s nuclear threats. “From now on, the South Korean military will expand its investments for implementing a soft kill [strategy] that could non-physically neutralize North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats,” Shin Beom-chul, South Korea’s vice defense minister, said […]

“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 encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs involved with a subscription, and some content, such as […]

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