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Daily Briefing is a curated listicle made available by The Readable. We select a handful of significant stories worth sharing with our readers and present them in an easy-to-read, accessible format. As military tensions escalate between the United States, Iran, and Israel, cyberspace has emerged as a critical battleground alongside airstrikes and missile exchanges. In […]
A financially motivated cybercriminal group known as UNC6040 has been implicated in a global voice phishing (or “vishing”) campaign that targets companies using Salesforce, according to newly published research from Google Cloud’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The attackers are not exploiting software vulnerabilities—instead, they are manipulating people. UNC6040 has been contacting employees under the guise […]
“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. SK Telecom data breach triggers mass exodus and regulatory backlash – The Readable SK Telecom experienced one of South Korea’s most serious cybersecurity breaches, with a […]
The Readable recently published a book that contains a summary of its news articles from the third quarter of this year. Starting with this copy, The Readable plans to publish its book of news articles every quarter. To download the current copy, click the cover image below.
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 […]
“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 […]
The Cyber Threat Intelligence Korea Conference was held on Wednesday, gathering leaders and experts in the cybersecurity industry in one place. The Readable, as the media sponsor for the conference, has highlighted some of the important statements by the speakers. You can also find more information about the speeches in the news articles that we […]
The most important part of the cybersecurity domain in the following year in East Asia will be the strategic competition between the U.S. and China, an expert on the Asia-Pacific region’s threat intelligence said on Wednesday. “The U.S. and China are building a more and more intensive [strategic] competition,” said Chang Checheng, a cyber threat […]
A black hat hacker who attempted to sell the personal information of 31 million South Koreans on the dark web was identified in less than half a day with the assistance of artificial intelligence, an expert disclosed on Wednesday. “The initial report about the hacker was too sensitive to share with anyone but law enforcement,” […]
