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SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Belgium have discussed the leak of pe...

A senior South Korean diplomat has said that recent crypto thefts carry "significant" global security implications, calling for an overhaul of the cybersecurity paradigm to address growing threats of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven …

ASEC Blog publishes Ransom & Dark Web Issues Week 2, November 2026 INC Ransom Claims Data Theft from a South Korean Chemical Manufacturer Metaencryptor Lists Five South Korean Companies as Ransomware Victims …

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run Financial Security Institute ...

Key trends and statistics on malware targeting Windows and macOS computers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices in Q3 2026.

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's major mobile carrier, said Tu...

North Korea is moving its top artificial intelligence (AI) specialists from its main spy agency to the foreign ministry. The November 2026 reshuffle has stirred deep resentment inside the Reconnaissance Information General …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will lead the 21st East Asia Summit (EAS), bringing together leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and eight dialogue partners.The EAS, to be held on …

A North Korean intelligence officer in China believes his own country carried out the record $6.3 billion Binance hack, which contradicts Kim Yo Jong’s repeated public denials of Pyongyang’s role in the …

랜섬웨어 조직 N0n이 한국의 소비자 전자제품 및 스마트TV 광고 데이터와 관련된 기업을 공격했다고 주장하며 다크웹 유출 사이트에 새로운 피해 대상을 게시한 정황이 확인됐다. 다만 피해기업의 실명과 실제 데이터 탈취 여부는 아직 확인되지 …

The personal information of some 39,000 customers and employees has been leaked from Mirae Asset Securities Co., the country's leading brokerage house, the securities firm said Saturday. According to Mirae Asset Securities, …

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX said Friday...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The 33-year-old man, lured to Cambodia with the offer of a receptionist job, endured daily beatings for a month, locked in a dark room somewhere in the …

Key Points Introduction ARTEX is a Chinese open-source, AI-powered penetration testing platform designed to help security teams assess systems they own or are authorized to test. It uses large language models (LLMs) …

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court Thursday rejected an injunction lawsuit ...

South Korea is investigating hundreds of financial institutions after more than 470,000 data records were leaked from 37 firms over the past month, according to the country’s financial regulator. The Financial Services …

South Korean financial firms are considering tighter cybersecurity oversight for senior executives next year, including more detailed security responsibilities and compliance checks, as a wave of data breaches puts pressure on corporate …

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry is investigating whether an outside cybersecurity contractor may have been behind the leak of a presidential delegation passenger list, as additional files believed to be ministry documents were …

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s push for a centralised cybersecurity agency after his passport details were leaked could face widespread inertia despite what he considers a national security priority. Tech experts …

President Lee Jae Myung has called for a powerful national cybersecurity coordinator following a wave of cyberattacks on major companies and financial institutions, raising questions about what a new authority could accomplish …

SK Telecom's third-quarter operating profit surged more than 11-fold from a year earlier, exceeding prehack levels, as South Korea's largest mobile carrier has seemingly recovered from the financial fallout of its massive …

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, issued the warning after the FBI alleged that North Korea was behind the theft of US$6 billion from Binance.

PHILIPPINE immigration authorities have intercepted two South Korean fugitives wanted for their alleged involvement in online fraud that reportedly raked in more than 3.7 billion won, roughly $2.8 million (around P160 million).The …

韓国のイ・ジェミョン大統領や政府高官らのパスポート番号や生年月日など個人情報が流出し、およそ5か月にわたってインターネットの有料サイト上で閲覧できる状態だったことが明らかになりました。 イ大統領はパ…

Cyber dispute escalates: Kim Yo-jong rejected US allegations tying North Korea to a $6.3 billion Binance cryptocurrency theft, calling the FBI findings a “grave political provocation.” Rare personal response: Seoul says Kim’s …

Presidential data breach: Personal information belonging to President Lee Jae Myung, first lady Kim Hea Kyung and 166 others on presidential flights was exposed online for months, including passport details and dates …

Newtalk新聞 韓國政府近日爆發重大個人資料外洩事件，包括總統李在明夫婦、政府高層官員及隨行人員在內，共168人的護照號碼、出生日期等個人資料，自今年6月2日起遭上傳至網路資安檢測平台，曝光長達約5個月，而韓國警方已介入調查。對此，韓國青瓦臺今（3）日上午緊急召開會議，商議相關補救及防範措施。韓國外交部亦宣布，已著手為李在明夫婦等168名個資外洩人員重新核發護照。 針對李在明等高層要員護照資料外洩一事，青瓦台發言人姜由楨今日表示，總統秘書室長林光鉉以針對此次主持緊急會議進行討論。林光鉉表示，總統出訪團成員個人資料外洩屬於重大事件，同時強調應撤查資料外洩經過、資訊曝光範圍及是否造成實際損害等，同時要求相關機關全面檢視總統海外出訪之安全管理體系，並研擬有效之對策，以防止類似事件再度發生。 而韓國外交部發言人今日也在記者會上表示，已採取必要措施，包括要求該網站刪除相關資訊，並確認是否有其他人個資料外洩。同時，外交部也會對李在明在內個資遭外洩之人員，重新重新核發護照。除此之外，外交部也將徹查並分析資料外洩原因，同時採取多方面措施，防止損害進一步擴大，以及避免類似事件再度發生。延伸閱讀：蔣萬安酸Threads瀏覽破億可問認知作戰專家 沈伯洋：他都沒在聽別人講話賴瑞隆喊政治獻金可受檢驗卻悄悄撤告 柯競辦轟：品德爭議讓歷任高雄市長蒙羞 00929配息再開獎！年化息率衝16% 連五度維持0.38元「底氣」何在？高雄骨科驚傳暴力事件！遭毆醫師首發聲：醫師也會害怕蘇巧慧週末板橋、蘆洲連辦兩場「慧聚繁星」大型晚會 蕭美琴、卓榮泰接力站台

South Korea is scrambling to contain an unprecedented leak that exposed the personal information of President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung, as well as senior aides, bodyguards and …

Passport details of 168 people, including president Lee Jae Myung, his security officers and National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac, were posted on a paid website in early June.

The FBI said on Saturday that North Korea-linked hacking group TraderTraitor was behind the attack, which experts believe could be the largest cryptocurrency theft in history.

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency has asked 2,100 public instit...

A relentless wave of cyberattacks on South Korean banks, telecom operators, businesses and government agencies has exposed growing risks to the country's digital economy, highlighting the need for stronger cybersecurity. The scale …

President Lee Jae Myung referred to the multibillion-dollar theft affecting Binance but did not name North Korea, which the FBI blamed for the attack.

THE Philippines has joined eight other Asia-Pacific countries and the United States in strengthening cross-border law enforcement cooperation against online scams, fraudulent recruitment, and other transnational crimes.Rendel Ryan Sy, acting chief of …

Almost 16,000 personal information records associated with international schools in Seoul were compromised in a December 2024 cyberattack on US-based education technology firm PowerSchool, local media reports said Monday. The three schools …

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange has already seen a surge in withdrawals amounting to about 2.1% of the total assets the company manages.

Binance said it had used company funds to replenish 90% of the stolen assets and would gradually restore withdrawals after the US$6 billion hack.

● Updated Law: Special Act on Prevention of Losses Caused by Telecommunications Financial Fraud and Refund for Losses What it does: Expands financial fraud victim protection to virtual asset exchanges, allowing payment …

As Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track how threat actors operationalize AI to increase the speed and efficiency of attacks, we’ve identified North Korean threat actors expanding their use of AI with …

Content AhnLab monitored APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) attacks targeting entities in Korea using its own infrastructure. This report summarizes the classification, statistics, and functional characteristics for each type of domestic APT attacks …