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Seoul, South Korea ― South Korea has expressed support for the United Kingdom’s public attribution of a cyber espionage campaign to Russian military intelligence, joining a growing chorus of international condemnation against malicious Russian cyber activities. On July 18, the British government announced it had formally attributed the use of a sophisticated malware—dubbed “Authentic Antics”—to […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. In recent months, governments and cybersecurity researchers have observed a consistent rise in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, state agencies and private entities. International law enforcement operations, financially motivated thefts and state-linked espionage campaigns have revealed significant vulnerabilities across digital ecosystems. This […]
As enterprise systems grow more automated and interconnected, cybersecurity is no longer just a matter of defending the perimeter. For Pega, a maker of low-code process automation tools used across regulated industries, security is a question of balance—between openness and control, speed and stability, autonomy and oversight. And that balance, according to Chief Cloud Officer […]
Cybersecurity researchers in South Korea and the United States will put their heads together with an aim to restrain ransomware attacks around the world. According to a press release by Sejong University, researchers at four different institutions of cybersecurity located in South Korea and the United States, including the University of Virginia and MITRE, will […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam in South Korea. The Readable has picked five news stories for you. They include two news articles by Dain Oh, who covered the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul from Tuesday to Thursday. Have a great weekend! 1. South Korean police capture man accused of 14 billion won crypto hack South […]
World Knowledge Forum 2022 ― Seoul ― A former director of the Mossad, the national intelligence agency of Israel, emphasized global risks which are increased by cyber threats in the same way that the world is threatened by nuclear proliferation. “I define cyber [threats] as a silent nuclear weapon,” said Tamir Pardo, former director of […]
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 […]
