SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Another hacker suspected of orchestrating a cyberattack on a major South Korean securities firm has been indicted on charges of disrupting the company’s computer network, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said the 39-year-old man, identified only by his surname Lee, is suspected of launching a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – AhnLab, Korea’s major security software provider, came up with “Black SHEEP” as a keyword of expected trends threatening cyber security this year. The word “black sheep” is an idiom used to describe an odd or disreputable member of a group. AhnLab choose the word as the technology or environment that [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – According to AhnLab, a leading provider of integrated security solutions in South Korea, its mobile security software “V3 Mobile” ranked No. 1 among the world-class mobile security products in a global performance test to detect malware, thereby enhancing AhnLab’s global leadership in technologies for mobile security. V3 Mobile boasted the [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid continued reports of privacy infringements and social awareness of electric power shortage problem, Samsung Electronics have launched solutions that can help to cope with the both problems at the same time. Korea’s leading electronics company announced that they have added “illegal recording prevention” function in their new products [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As a series of online security incidents including the weeks of paralysis of Nonghyup in 2011 and the cyber-attack on March 20, 2013 have broken out, some banks are on a mission to recruit white hackers. KB Kookmin Bank has recently hired a new cyber security specialist who [...]