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South Korean Military’s Security Protocols Under Scrutiny After Soldiers Share Classified Passwords with Loan Sharks

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent incident involving South Korean soldiers sharing classified military passwords with civilian moneylenders has raised serious concerns about security breaches within the nation’s armed forces. According to military authorities on September 22, these classified passwords, known as “challenge and response” codes, are designated as Level 3 secrets under the [...]

CertiK Forges Partnership with CrossAngle (Xangle) to Elevate Web3 Security and Data Transparency

New York, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — CertiK, a leader in Web3 security and CrossAngle, the Web3 data intelligence provider behind the Xangle platform today announced a landmark strategic partnership to raise the standards of security and transparency across the Web3 ecosystem. Through this partnership, CrossAngle will feature CertiK research reports on the Xangle platform, [...]

S. Korean, Russian Foreign Ministers Discuss Bilateral Ties, Regional Security

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The top diplomats of South Korea and Russia held consultations to discuss regional security on the Korean Peninsula and other pending bilateral issues, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday. Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) meeting [...]

Overcoming the Pitfalls of Poor Corporate Intelligence: What Security Teams Need to Get Ahead

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The following is an open letter from Cobwebs Technologies – a global leader in Web Intelligence. Today, the array of threats posed to disrupt businesses only intensifies, while the systems and methods organizations use to assess the potential for trouble often fail to keep pace. The result is incomplete [...]

Huawei’s German Branch Website Used as Malware Platform

SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — One of Huawei Technologies Co.’s foreign branch websites has been used as a malware platform, raising concerns over Chinese tech titan’s security management. An individual referred to only as Chae, a South Korean netizen, recently discovered that an unknown IP had attempted FTP access to his Network Attached Storage, [...]

Cyber Threats Grow amid Paradigm Shift in Everyday Life

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the pattern of everyday life shifting from face-to-face interactions to remote and non-face-to-face ones due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber threats are becoming more prevalent today than ever before. In particular, ransomware, a type of malware that encrypts a victim’s files and then demands a [...]

Foreign Ministry to Set Up Own Videoconferencing System for Better Security

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry is pushing to build its own videoconference platform to improve security as virtual meetings continue across the world due to the new coronavirus pandemic, officials said Sunday. The ministry currently uses its intranet for talks with overseas missions but relies on private platforms for discussions with [...]

83 pct of Remote Workers Say They Use Security-vulnerable Personal Devices

SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most remote workers use security-vulnerable personal devices and save their documents without installing anti-virus programs, indicating that they have a low level of security perception. ESTsecurity Corp., one of the major security software providers in South Korea, conducted a survey of 6,105 employees [...]

Emergency Rooms to Recruit 24-hour Security Guards

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting later this year, emergency rooms in all hospitals will be equipped with stronger security. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Tuesday that starting on July 1, new legislation will come into effect that will oblige all emergency rooms to increase their security. In effect, all emergency [...]

KT to Offer WiFi Service with Upgraded Privacy Protection

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunication company, said Sunday its WiFi service will have upgraded security with encryption-based privacy protection technology. KT said it will apply a technology that protects International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) for Android phones to its 130,000 wireless zones nationwide. IMSI is a unique [...]