Cybersecurity News that Matters

Daily briefing: From bombs to bytes

By Dain Oh

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 […]

Cybercriminal group exploits Salesforce users in global phishing campaign

By Dain Oh

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] Exodus

By Dain Oh

“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 […]

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[Weekend Briefing] Protecting undersea cables from espionage

“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Our journalists select important news items from the previous week on topics ranging from privacy to policy development in cybersecurity, all to help you stay abreast of the latest breaking issues. And not only is this provided free of cost to […]

Western powers face greater challenges than expected in protecting undersea cables from espionage, analysts warn

Last month, the nations that comprise the prominent Five Eyes intelligence alliance, along with several of the group’s allies, announced that the extensive network of underwater cables that permit global data transmission requires updated security standards. The vast amount of data constantly transferred via these cables—notably among allied Western powers that find themselves pitted against […]

[Weekend Briefing] Iris scanning, AI safety, innovation, and resilience

[Weekend Briefing] SICW: Cybersecurity as competitive advantage

“Be visible. Trust yourself. Uphold integrity,” say women in cyber

Singapore―SICW 2024―The recent movie Young Woman and the Sea, which parallels Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man and the Sea, tells the true story of Trudy Ederle, who made history by becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel on August 6, 1926. The film concludes with the assertion that her achievement extended […]

Daily briefing: Follow the money

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. Dain Oh and Minkyung Shin collaborate in monitoring, selecting, and reviewing the news articles, with Arthur Gregory Willers contributing to improve the overall readability […]

Daily briefing: How data breach has changed market dominance

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. Dain Oh and Minkyung Shin collaborate in monitoring, selecting, and reviewing the news articles, with Arthur Gregory Willers contributing to improve the overall readability […]

[Weekend Briefing] North Korea’s upgraded hacking schemes

Daily briefing: Cybersecurity budget, Internet Archive, Mexico, Qualcomm

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. Dain Oh and Minkyung Shin collaborate in monitoring, selecting, and reviewing the news articles, with Arthur Gregory Willers contributing to improve the overall readability […]

Daily briefing: Lax security exposed during annual inspection of the government

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. Dain Oh and Minkyung Shin collaborate in monitoring, selecting, and reviewing the news articles, with Arthur Gregory Willers contributing to improve the overall readability […]