Cybersecurity News that Matters

Cybersecurity News that Matters

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“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. For a journalist, nothing is more important than visiting the […]

On Jan. 17, 2025, the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) took effect, marking a significant shift in the cybersecurity landscape for the financial sector. Designed to strengthen cyber resilience, DORA imposes strict regulations requiring financial institutions and their critical third-party service providers to implement robust cybersecurity measures. In effect, DORA requires financial entities […]

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By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableMar. 6, 2023 7:22PM GMT+9 South Korea has been selected to be the venue for an intergovernmental meeting on cybersecurity, which operates under the United Nation’s technology group, in the second half of this year. The Ministry of Science and ICT said in a statement on March 4 that the meeting […]

By Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam, The ReadableMar. 3, 2023 8:00PM GMT+9 “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 […]

South Korea’s biggest cybersecurity company is facing a change in ownership as its largest shareholder announced their plan to sell almost half of its shares to a Swedish private equity firm. Park Jung-ho, the CEO of SK Square, revealed the company’s plan to sell their shares of SK Shieldus to EQT, an investment firm backed […]

Updated Feb. 20, 2023 8:45PM GMT+9 Leaders and delegates around the world convened on Wednesday to discuss the challenges and risks of using artificial intelligence (AI) and the need to prioritize the accountable adaptation of emerging technologies in the military domain. The summit, which was the first of its kind, was held in The Hague […]

Although there were high expectations that cyber will be the defining feature of future warfare, the reality that we have seen in the year-long war between Russia and Ukraine tells a different story, according to a western military expert on Wednesday. “There have been well over two thousand cyberattacks mounted by the Russians during the […]

By Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh, The ReadableFeb. 10, 2023 8:15PM KST Updated Feb. 14, 2023 9:30PM KST “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 […]

“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 […]

“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 number of South Korean companies who reported to the nation’s cybersecurity agency about falling victim to ransomware attacks has increased 14 times over the past five years. In 2018, 22 South Korean companies, including non-profit organizations, reported to the Korea Internet & Security Agency that they had been hit by ransomware, a cyberattack in […]

By Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam, The ReadableJan. 13, 2023 10:27PM KST “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 […]

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