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A closely watched Chinese government-backed cyber espionage campaign has been found targeting a prominent Southeast Asian government agency, new findings out Tuesday reveal. The Crimson Palace campaign, tracked by Sophos researchers, details newer and more sophisticated cyberattacks targeting government organizations, non-governmental entities and public service networks in the region. According to the analysis, the attackers […]
With more than 60 percent of companies in the United States having filed a cyber insurance claim in the last 12 months, U.S. companies are increasingly adopting advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence to secure cyber insurance coverage and mitigate rising costs, according to a report. On Tuesday, the identity security service provider Delinea released […]
Seoul, South Korea—2024 AI Security Day Seminar—An attorney specializing in artificial intelligence stated Thursday that nearly all deepfake crimes involve pornography, with female victims being the most common targets. The lawyer emphasized the urgent need for legislation to address these crimes. Lee Keun-woo, an attorney at Yoon and Yang LLC, highlighted the growing issue of […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Journalists for The Readable select important news stories from the previous week. Topics encompass privacy, cybercrime, and policy development in cybersecurity. There are no costs involved with a subscription, and some content, such as industrial reports, is only available to […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Journalists for The Readable select important news stories from the previous week. Topics encompass privacy, cybercrime, and policy development in cybersecurity. There are no costs involved with a subscription, and some content, such as industrial reports, is only available to […]
LockBit ransomware group is reported to have released 100GB of data linked to South Korea’s Hanwha Group just last week. On Tuesday, LockBit’s leak site revealed that the culprits had posted the domain address of Hanwha Group’s English website on September 8. They claimed to have obtained access to over 800GB of company-related data. For […]
Washington D.C. ― mWISE ― Artificial intelligence is poised to tip the balance of power in cyberspace, favoring defenders over attackers by providing beleaguered security teams with faster threat assessments, according to Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant at Google Cloud, on Monday. “AI gives a greater advantage to the defender because of the way it […]
A South Korean military official emphasized the crucial role of risk management in modern weaponry, which increasingly incorporates emerging technologies, during remarks on Thursday. “In the past, South Korea was a country that imported weaponry from leading nations in the defense industry,” noted Park Hyun-kyoo, the director of the Defense Computing Information Agency, an organization […]
On Monday, an assembly of former military leaders and cybersecurity experts convened to mark the launch of a new association dedicated to mitigating cybersecurity risks in military weaponry. “The world is evolving at a very fast pace, with notable advances in artificial intelligence, drones, robots, and space,” observed Kim Seung-joo during the opening ceremony of […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Journalists for The Readable select important news stories from the previous week. Topics encompass privacy, cybercrime, and policy development in cybersecurity. There are no costs involved with a subscription, and some content, such as industrial reports, is only available to […]
Ransomware has overwhelmingly dominated attacks against South Korean medical institutions, accounting for more than 90% of all cyber assaults on hospitals over the past three years. In a press release issued on Thursday, South Korean lawmaker Kim Young-joo revealed that 74 healthcare centers have fallen victim to cyberattacks between February 2020 and July 2023. The […]
Updated Sep. 14, 2023 GMT+9 ICTK announced on September 13 that Skip Sanzeri, founder, COO and Board Chair of QuSecure, a U.S. quantum security company, visited the company’s headquarters in Pangyo, Gyeonggi-do, on the occasion of his visit to Korea as a speaker at the World Knowledge Forum (WKF). Sanzeri met with Justin Lee, CEO […]
As the shift toward a zero trust security model gains momentum in the United States and beyond, South Korean researchers have found that even existing network safeguards, like virtual private networks (VPNs), still pose a security risk to this emerging framework. In a series of experiments using configurations of current VPN technology, the researchers successfully […]
