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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. And not only is this provided free of cost to […]
Global leaders in defense and security from 67 countries convened in Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday to address emerging global security threats and explore strategies for countering them through international alliances. The Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD), hosted by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the Republic of Korea (MND), are now in their 13th […]
Seoul, South Korea―REAIM 2024―Internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence have come together to raise concerns about autonomous AI systems. These leading voices warn that the development and spread of unregulated autonomous AI in the military sector poses serious risks to global peace and security. They argue that such advancements should be strictly prohibited, similar to […]
Hello, it’s Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam for The Readable. Today, we published the RSA Conference Recap Report for our readers. You can download it here. Along with the report, we selected 10 takeaways from the conference for this weekend. Enjoy our report and have a great weekend! 1. Avril Haines (Director of National Intelligence, […]
We picked six stories for you this week. For next week, we will be back with an RSAC 2022 Recap Report. Have a great weekend! 1. Korea Builds Secure Message System with Europol South Korean police are one step closer to exchanging operational information securely with their European counterpart. The Korean National Police Agency announced […]
We have recently published several in-depth news articles on threat intelligence and the 2022 RSA conference. Below is the news recap, but before we begin, there is one piece of news that you might be interested in. 1. [News] South Korea’s Spy Agency Speaks Out Against Former Director’s Claim of Keeping Public Figures’ Information South […]
San Francisco ― We picked four news for you. Have a great weekend! 1. Smart Home Hacks Under Scrutiny as South Korean Authorities Dive In South Korean Authorities are launching an investigation into smart home hacks. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that they started a joint investigation with the Ministry of […]
RSA Conference 2022 ― San Francisco ― “Imagine that someone was to break into your house and stay for nine months. It is unthinkable in the real world, but in cyber this is the problem that we are up against,” said Tom Gillis during the opening keynotes at the RSA conference Monday. The senior vice […]
A user impersonating the operator of RaidForums, which was shut down in February of this year, has recently appeared with a scam campaign. About RaidForums RaidForums started in 2015 and ended in February of this year after seven years of operation. This forum was one of the largest forums where cybercriminals traded illegal data. Unlike […]
We picked five stories for you. Have a great weekend! 1. Reporters Won a Victory Over Mandatory App Download Yoon Suk-yeol, the newly elected president of South Korea, ordered his presidential office not to coerce reporters into downloading a security application last Tuesday. It was a victory for reporters who argued that the app could […]
Tackling smart home hacks has emerged as one of the key promises made in local elections in South Korea. Bae Kook-hwan, the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Seongnam mayoral election, promised to protect personal data from smart home hacks. In a statement released to the press last Tuesday, Bae stressed that he would put an […]
South Korea became the first country in Asia to join the highly renowned NATO cyber defense group, South Korea’s intelligence agency stated Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in the statement that it had been formally admitted into the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE). Alongside South Korea, Canada and Luxemburg were […]
The incoming government of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol plans to tear down barriers across government agencies to improve data-sharing between the public and private sectors, the chief of the transition team, Ahn Cheol-soo, said. “We are already ten years behind other countries in the data industry. If we don’t implement changes in the upcoming presidency, we […]
