Cybersecurity News that Matters

Cybersecurity News that Matters

Two weeks ago, undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were damaged when the Chinese ship Yi Peng Three dragged its anchor along the ocean floor for more than 100 miles. The incident affected two cables: one linking Lithuania and Sweden, and another connecting Finland and Germany. While the matter remains under investigation, suspicions are mounting […]

A Russian national accused of masterminding a notorious ransomware-as-a-service operation has been extradited from South Korea and is now in American custody facing criminal charges for his cybercrime activities, the United States Department of Justice announced Monday. Evgenii Ptitsyn was extradited by South Korean authorities and appeared in a U.S. court in Maryland on Nov. […]

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As a defensive measure against future warfare, a nation must invest in new cellular technologies which are designed to prevent eavesdropping by a hostile country and protect mission critical infrastructure, an eminent expert in mobile security suggested on Tuesday. “Ukraine has been winning victories in cyberspace against Russia because it was well prepared since 2016 […]

“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 South Korean military said on Thursday that they conducted a virtual multinational cybersecurity mock training session with the member states of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus, a gathering dedicated to enhancing defensive capabilities in cyberspace. According to the South Korean military, 16 out of 18 member states participated in the […]

“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 […]

Shortly after the United States wrapped up an annual cyber exercise, called “Cyber Flag 23-1,” North Korea published a statement denouncing the U.S. defense efforts in cyberspace. In a post, which was uploaded on a website by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in North Korea on Wednesday, Kim Kuk-myong, a member of Association for Countermeasures […]

South Korean authorities issued a series of warnings regarding hacking attempts that abused one of the country’s worst peacetime disasters, happening on the Halloween weekend in Seoul. The Office of National Security warned in a press statement on Tuesday that they have detected an attempted cyberattack which was related to the Halloween crowd surge, several […]

Hello, this is Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh in South Korea. The South Korean state audit of this year is heading towards the end. While various issues arose during the audit, a high-ranking official at the intelligence agency abruptly resigned from this post. Including this issue, The Readable has picked four news stories. Have a […]

The South Korean spy agency issued a statement on Thursday saying that the resignation of a former high-ranking official was due to personal reasons, brushing aside multiple speculations related to the reasons for his abrupt departure. Cho Sang-joon, the head of Planning and Coordination of the National Intelligence Service, abruptly resigned from his post on […]

A high-ranking official of the South Korean spy agency has abruptly resigned from his post, leaving questions about the reasons for his unexpected departure. Cho Sang-joon, the head of Planning and Coordination of the National Intelligence Service, has offered his resignation on Tuesday after approximately four months in office, reported local news outlets on Wednesday. […]

Hello, this is Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh in South Korea. An eight-hour fire at a data center has brought about unexpected consequences for South Korea, unplugging critical services for at least three days. KakaoTalk is an instant messaging application that 92% of South Koreans access daily. The South Korean president considered the Kakao outage […]

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