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DarkSeoul: SophosLabs identifies malware used in South Korean internet attack
Computer networks belonging to South Korean TV broadcasters and at least two major banks have been disrupted by what some have suggested was a malicious internet attack originating in North Korea.
Windows XP is still Microsoft’s biggest security headache, but infections are rising on Windows 7
The rate of infection ticked up for Windows 7 in the first half of 2012, but Windows XP, Microsoft’s legacy operating system, is still far and away the biggest security headache for Redmond.
North Korea uses infected games to DDoS South Korea
South Korean police have arrested a man from Seoul on suspicion of working with North Korea to develop games infected with spyware.
Police rescue man and daughter kidnapped by email scammers
A man and his daughter are rescued by police after they were lured to South Africa by a scam email telling them they had won a fortune in a lottery.
Election-day cyber attack scandal rocks South Korea's ruling party
Did governing politicians in South Korea approve an election-day cyber attack?
Three of South Korea's top seven leaders quit their posts over DDoS scandal.
13 million MapleStory players at risk after hack - casting a shadow over Nexon's IPO
If you're about to float your video game company on the stock exchange, probably the last thing you want is for a hacker to break into the personal details of some 13 million of your players.
Epson Korea hack impacts 350,000 customers
Hackers have broken into Epson Korea's computer systems, and stole information including passwords, phone numbers, names, and email addresses of customers who had registered with the company.
Another Korean data breach - GOMTV.NET spills user account data, including passwords
GOMTV.NET, a global operation of South Korean streaming media provider Gretech, has reported a large-scale data breach. Poor password handling by Gretech made a bad thing worse.
Learn how to avoid making this sort of mistake with your own customers' data.
South Korea launches its cyberwarfare command centre
South Korea is reportedly officially launching its cyberwarfare command centre today. The unit, which will be manned by some 200 computer technicians, is designed to counter the threat of Chinese hackers and the much-rumoured North Korean cyberwarfare division, which has Read more…
South Korean arrested for denial-of-service attack
Police in South Korea have announced that they have arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with a denial-of-service attack which reportedly paralysed a government website. According to media reports, the man identified solely as "Choi" launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Read more…
Sex, spyware and North and South Korea
It's time to add North Korea to this year's roll call of countries accused of engaging in cyber warfare - using malicious software to spy on and steal secrets from their national enemies. Already in 2008, readers of the Sophos Read more…
