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“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Our journalists select important news items from the previous week on topics ranging from privacy to policy development in cybersecurity, all to help you stay abreast of the latest breaking issues. Chinese state-sponsored hackers are increasingly targeting vulnerabilities in edge infrastructure […]
Seoul, South Korea ― Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are focusing on vulnerabilities in edge infrastructure—such as virtual private networks (VPN), routers, and email gateways—rather than on weaknesses resulting from individual negligence, according to a security expert at Google Cloud. Luke McNamara, deputy chief analyst of Mandiant Intelligence at Google Cloud, disclosed the findings […]
Washington, D.C. — Cybersecurity officials from the U.S. federal government, as well as those from state and local governments, gathered this week in the nation’s capital to discuss shared security challenges. At the second annual State & Local Cybersecurity Conference hosted by Billington Cybersecurity, panelists emphasized the importance of collaboration between state, local and federal […]
Tokyo has been chosen as the location for Google’s inaugural cybersecurity hub, with the goal of strengthening cyber defense capabilities across the entire Asia-Pacific region. On March 7, Google inaugurated a cybersecurity research center within its Tokyo office, as reported by several Japanese news outlets. The center is designed to function as a central hub, […]
The United States Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a network associated with Intellexa Consortium, a Greece-based spyware company. This action comes ahead of the third Summit for Democracy, which is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks. In a press release on Tuesday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control […]
On February 16, an unidentified individual uploaded data onto GitHub—a platform favored by software engineers—claiming that I-Soon, also known as Anxun in Mandarin, a Chinese IT security services firm, operates as an independent hacking contractor. The firm was accused of developing malicious software and conducting cyber espionage activities on behalf of the Chinese government. Wu […]
The legal dispute between the creators of ChatGPT, OpenAI, and The New York Times has escalated. OpenAI has asked a court to dismiss portions of a lawsuit filed by the news organization, which accuses the company of copyright infringement. On February 26, OpenAI filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Southern […]
By Dain Oh, The ReadableFeb. 23, 2024 7:30PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Our journalists select important news items from the previous week on topics ranging from privacy to policy development in cybersecurity, all to help you stay abreast of the latest breaking issues. And […]
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 […]
By Dain Oh, The ReadableFeb. 9, 2024 6:35PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Our journalists select important news items from the previous week on topics ranging from privacy to policy development in cybersecurity, all to help you stay abreast of the latest breaking issues. And […]
At the seventh National Strategy Forum, hosted by the Korean Association of Cybersecurity Studies (KACS) on Tuesday, Yoo Ji-yeon, a professor at Sangmyung University’s Intelligent Engineering Informatics for Human Department, emphasized that addressing bias in artificial intelligence (AI) models is as crucial as dealing with privacy leaks and technology protection in current AI security measures. […]
The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) has called on companies to conduct thorough inspections and strengthen their security measures in response to the recent surge in cyberattacks. In a security advisory released on Tuesday, the agency advised companies to improve their information security by implementing countermeasures to prevent breaches. The advisory highlights that unidentified […]
