SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run nuclear research institute’s computer network was breached by a North Korean cyber attack last month, an opposition lawmaker claimed Friday. According to Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the main opposition People Power Party, 13 external Internet Protocol (IP) addresses were found to have breached the internal network [...]
MAHWAH, N.J., Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions, today announced it has released its 2018-2019 Global Application and Network Security Report, in which survey respondents estimate the average cost of a cyberattack at $1.1M. For those organizations that calculate (versus estimate) the cost of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean branch of U.S. tech giant Microsoft Corp. released a report on Monday which claimed cyber attacks caused direct and indirect losses of US$72 billion last year for local companies. The report announced by Microsoft Korea and Frost & Sullivan claimed that around 90 percent of such [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea raised its cybersecurity alert on Sunday amid growing concerns about the WannaCry ransomware cyberattack that has spread across the world. The Korea Internet & Security Agency said four companies have reported to the state computer security agency that they were affected by the malicious software over the [...]
MAHWAH, N.J., Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Radware® (NASDAQ:RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions ensuring the digital user experience for applications in virtual, cloud, and software-defined data centers, has found that hackers and companies agree on one thing: Data is lucrative. Radware’s Global Application and Network Security Report 2016-2017 revealed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – More cyber attacks on key government agencies and social infrastructure-related facilities, coupled with increased ransomware programs for mobile and desktop computers, are likely to take place next year, a state-run agency said Monday. According to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), a series of cyber attacks may occur [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent hacking attempt on South Korea’s Air Force’s website apparently used methods mostly employed by North Korean hackers, a military source said Friday, raising suspicion that Pyongyang might have been behind the cyberattack. Military authorities have been conducting an investigation into a suspected hacking attempt into the official [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s defense and technology ministries on Thursday discussed the feasibility of creating a cybersecurity reserve force in preparation for a national network emergency. The idea was raised at a senior-level meeting between the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning aimed at strengthening [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Air Force website has been experiencing problems for 13 days due to an unidentified hacking attack, local officials said Wednesday. An official said the Air Force suspended its website operations from the early morning of May 12 when malicious code was found in it. The Air Force [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Won Sei-hoon, the former chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), revealed that he ordered a campaign against the spreading celebrity of Ri Sol-ju, the first lady of North Korea. Won is currently on trial for interfering in the 2012 South Korean presidential election by ordering an online smear [...]