SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean hackers have escalated their cyberattacks to a new level of sophistication, using artificial intelligence to remotely control South Koreans’ smartphones, erase data, and even spy on users through webcams and location-tracking services, according to industry experts. Cybersecurity analysts say the regime’s hacking operations have evolved from data theft [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hacker groups specializing in initial compromise during the process of ransomware distribution are rampant this year. Sales activity of “initial access brokers,” who sell cybercriminals access to corporate networks, has more than doubled compared to the same period last year, industry sources said Tuesday. These brokers gain access to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A hacker group believed to be linked to North Korea has attempted to steal data from South Korean experts working as members of an advisory panel for the defense ministry, a cybersecurity firm said Sunday. Emails were sent to some members of the advisory panel earlier this month from [...]
MAHWAH, N.J., Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, released its 2019-2020 Global Application & Network Security Report. The report found that more than one in four respondents attribute attacks against their organization to cyberwarfare or nation-state activity. In 2018, 19% of organizations believed they [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A famous writer has claimed that both the South and North Korean administrations are oppressing him and his well-known wife. Lee Ji-sung, a best-selling author, said in a recent post on social media that his wife, Cha Yu-ram, a professional pool player, is suffering because of his political orientation. [...]
MAHWAH, N.J., Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions, today released findings from its second annual web application security report, Radware 2018 State of Web Application Security. The report shares an in-depth view of the challenges organizations face in protecting web applications and how recent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Biwire) — Fewer than half of South Korean companies dedicated funds to data protection in 2017, a government report showed Monday. According to the report by the Ministry of Science and ICT, only 48.1 percent of 9,000 local companies assessed showed interest in monitoring and protecting corporate data. Only 2.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has been scrambling to reinforce its cyberwarfare capabilities and the number of its professional hackers is estimated to have reached about 7,700, a report issued in Seoul said Friday. The report by the Korea Institute for National Unification said that South Korea should come up with comprehensive [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Military investigators looking into the first hacking of South Korea’s cyber command intranet said Wednesday the suspected North Korean attackers accessed the network through a server at the armed forces’ main information center. The findings raised concerns that confidential information may have been compromised as the affected server is [...]