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“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. This is Dain Oh reporting from South Korea, and here is your weekend briefing. 1. CISA extends MITRE-backed CVE contract hours before its lapse – NextGov The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) renewed its contract with MITRE to continue […]
Las Vegas ― At Google Cloud Next ’25, the company positioned security not as a feature, but as a foundational differentiator—one built from the ground up through its artificial intelligence expertise, cloud-native architecture, and integrated threat intelligence. In a cloud market where hyperscalers compete on scale and cost, Google Cloud aims to win on trust. […]
A new and advanced cyber threat targeting NFC (Near Field Communication) payment technology is spreading quickly, prompting urgent warnings from financial authorities in South Korea. The Financial Security Institute (FSI) issued a press release revealing that cybercriminals are exploiting NFC-based payment systems to steal transaction data in real time, enabling unauthorized payments and withdrawals. Unlike […]
Hello! This is Dain Oh, the founding editor-in-chief of The Readable. It has been just over seven months since The Readable came into the world. Our team has published more than 90 news articles so far, including one report and one book which are both available online. Our readers have grown larger, encompassing the world. […]
By Dain Oh, The ReadableDec. 29, 2022 8:00PM KST Updated Dec. 30, 2022 2:50PM KST On a Saturday afternoon, a disturbing link was uploaded to a company’s communication channel containing information about vulnerabilities that were discovered in a particular software application. One member of the firm recognized the seriousness of the situation and thought to […]
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“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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The National Police Agency of South Korea arrested a suspect who infiltrated home networks of more than 400,000 private residences and tried to sell the videos and pictures of victims on the dark web. The suspect was confirmed to be a security expert who warned people of vulnerable home networks three years ago. The Cyber […]
“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 […]
South Korea and the European Union should go beyond words and take strong action as a measure to protect countries from cyber threats, an expert in information technology suggested Wednesday. “We need action, not just talk. Well done is better than well said,” said Shin Yong-tae, a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Soongsil […]
The Financial Security Institute of South Korea released a cyber threat intelligence report on Wednesday regarding Masscan ransomware in an effort to prep private organizations against upcoming attacks. In addition to attack timelines, the report describes the tactics, techniques, and procedures, or TTPs, of Masscan ransomware in detail. Unlike other ransomware, Masscan first encrypts desktop […]
Smartphone applications are becoming more convenient for users, providing multiple services from chatting to shopping in a single operation. However, this trend could be putting users’ personal information at high risk, an expert in mobile security said Tuesday. “If a traditional application was hacked and 10% of the users’ personal data was leaked, a super […]
