Cybersecurity News that Matters

Cybersecurity News that Matters

Lawmakers from South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Japan will gather in London this week to discuss coordinated counter measures against North Korea’s illicit cyber activities and human rights violations. According to the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for Asian Human Rights (IPCAHR) on Monday, the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights (IPCNKR) […]

By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableApr. 14, 2023 6:36PM GMT+9 As North Korea continues their illicit cyber activities to fund the country’s nuclear missile programs, the leading experts in South Korea and the United States convened on Friday to discuss a practical partnership to hinder the North Korean cyber operations. “We have to take care of […]

The hacking group Kimsuky, which works for the North Korean government, is expected to increase their cyberespionage campaigns as the country continues to conduct their ballistic missile program, according to a cyber threat expert on Tuesday. “As we see more and more missile tests from North Korea, we will see more and more activities from […]

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Lawmakers from South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Japan will gather in London this week to discuss coordinated counter measures against North Korea’s illicit cyber activities and human rights violations. According to the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for Asian Human Rights (IPCAHR) on Monday, the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights (IPCNKR) […]

By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableApr. 14, 2023 6:36PM GMT+9 As North Korea continues their illicit cyber activities to fund the country’s nuclear missile programs, the leading experts in South Korea and the United States convened on Friday to discuss a practical partnership to hinder the North Korean cyber operations. “We have to take care of […]

The hacking group Kimsuky, which works for the North Korean government, is expected to increase their cyberespionage campaigns as the country continues to conduct their ballistic missile program, according to a cyber threat expert on Tuesday. “As we see more and more missile tests from North Korea, we will see more and more activities from […]

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), the two core government agencies that defend South Korea from cyberattacks, held a half-day convention in Seoul […]

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

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 South Korean national security watchdog disclosed on Thursday. The hacking attack was first acknowledged at the end […]

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 […]

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