SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Communications Commission announced on March 25 that it has partnered with Samsung Electronics and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to develop an artificial intelligence-based system for blocking malicious text messages, which will debut on the Galaxy S25 series. The new security feature will automatically filter [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – For Kim, a 33-year-old office worker, the constant pinging of their smartphone has become a source of irritation. The culprit? An increasing flood of spam text messages that seem to arrive at all hours. “Given the nature of my work, I’m always on my phone,” Kim said. “Receiving multiple spam [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile phone spam in South Korea reached a record high through August, despite ongoing government efforts to curb unwanted messages and advertisements, parliamentary data showed Wednesday. From January to August, 280.4 million spam messages and calls were reported or detected by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), up [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Tunisia was named the country that sent the largest number of international spam phone calls to South Korea last year, data showed Thursday. Mobile virtual network operator SK Telink Co. unveiled the list of the top ten spam-sending countries on the basis of its analysis of international spam calls [...]