“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, cybercrime crackdowns and surging investor appetite for security technologies, recent developments highlight how governments and businesses worldwide are confronting digital threats. From U.S. sanctions targeting North Korea’s covert IT operations, to record crypto seizures by American agents, […]
As cyber threats grow in sophistication and scale, Databricks is redefining how modern enterprises should think about security — both in the cloud and across artificial intelligence-powered systems. Omar Khawaja, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Databricks, believes the future of cybersecurity lies not in chasing individual incidents, but in managing patterns, risks and data […]
A Chinese hacker accused of helping to steal COVID-19 research and launch a sweeping global cyberattack has been arrested in Italy and faces extradition to the United States, the Justice Department said Monday. Xu Zewei, 33, was taken into custody July 3 in Milan at the request of U.S. authorities. He and his alleged co-conspirator, […]
The War Memorial of Korea was allegedly attacked by an unspecified hacker on September 7 and frozen for a week, reported multiple local news outlets in South Korea. According to the Chosun Ilbo, which first reported the hacking incident, the computer network of the War Memorial of Korea was frozen because of a cyber-attack, which […]
North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at the United States, accusing it of spreading false information about North Korea being a cyber threat to national security. Kim Kuk-myong, a member of the Association for Countermeasures against International Cybercrimes, said in an article posted on the North Korean Foreign Ministry’s official website that the U.S. is […]
Hello, this is Dain Oh in South Korea. For the past few days, there have been some notable security breaches in this country. The official YouTube channel of the government was hacked. Personal information was leaked from an international event which was held by the Ministry of Unification. As we all know, a data breach […]
Hello, this is Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam in South Korea. We have picked five news stories for your weekend. Have a good rest! 1. Free antivirus software froze PCs in South Korea ALYac, a popular antivirus software in South Korea, created chaos due to its update errors on Tuesday. Its commercial version for public […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam in South Korea. The Readable has picked five news stories for you. They include one news article by Dain Oh, who is covering the Kaspersky’s annual APAC cybersecurity weekend conference in Phuket, Thailand. With our stories, enjoy your cybersecurity weekend! 1. SK shieldus warns Korean companies about ransomware attacks South […]
Kaspersky APAC Cybersecurity Weekend Conference 2022 ― Phuket ― A Korean-speaking advanced persistent threat group, Kimsuky, has built its capabilities of carrying out cyber-attacks against almost any target that it considers, a cybersecurity researcher warned Thursday. “It takes multi-stages to carry out an APT attack, which involves spear phishing emails and Microsoft Word documents in […]
Samsung held its annual Samsung Security Tech Forum online on Tuesday and emphasized its efforts to protect the personal information of users world-wide from cyber threats, taking part in the global trend of tech companies strengthening privacy features on their devices and services. Sebastian Seung, the head of Samsung Research, kicked off the sixth annual […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam in South Korea. The Readable has carefully selected four news stories to share with you for the weekend. In addition to these four stories, I have also added three brief news articles that we produced this week. If you have any questions or suggestions, do not hesitate to contact us. […]
A hacker group calling themselves SiegedSec have come forward to claim that they gained access to an information technology firm in South Korea. Through their Telegram channel, the group uploaded a video on Thursday to prove their claim, which demonstrated their ability to access an administrator account of the firm WhaTap and manipulate the service. […]
The South Korean government announced major changes to the nation’s cybersecurity regulations on Thursday. The changes encompass some of the most promising industries, such as satellite information and cloud computing, and have been developed to promote the related industries. In addition, the government stated that it will revise its certificate policy for cybersecurity products, which […]