SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Women in their 20s and 30s are reportedly known to be the most frequent victims of phishing scam, according to the Financial Supervisory Service. By region, people living in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam and Seocho districts are most easily fallen by the financial fraud. The financial regulator released a report on November 11 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently a 25-year-old male college student committed suicide by jumping off a building because of phishing. Last August, a 30-year-old man also killed himself for the same reason. The mobile swindle which forced two young men into a corner is called “naked video-chatting phishing.” When a man runs a [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of Korea on July 20, it has mandated all Internet-delivered text messages to be marked with a “[Web Relayed]” sign and has implemented a “Prevention of Piracy of Numbers in Web-based Smishing” service for use by individuals. Web-relayed SMS have [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom said on June 4 that its All IP-based “T Phone” service has surpassed the 1 million subscriber number. Launched in February this year, the service combines voice and data available in ten different smartphone models such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and 3, Samsung Note 3 [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – As financial frauds increase and personal information is frequently infringed due to phishing and hacking, a local bank launched a new bank account capitalizing on the people’s “worry” on the issue. KB Kookmin Bank began selling the “KB Feel-at-home Bank Account” offering compensation insurance for damages from those financial [...]