Cho Mu-hyun is based in Seoul, South Korea and covers global tech conglomerates Samsung, LG and technology news in Asia. His English name is Joe and it rhymes with his last name.
Samsung has promised to provide a software update to fix the glaring security issue that allows users to bypass the fingerprint reader through using third-party screen protectors.
Withdrawing from an intelligence sharing agreement with Japan alarmingly expands the scope of their trade dispute beyond being purely political and economic, making it also about security.
Completion of these technologies will allow quantum keys to be applied to commercial networks.
South Korea's largest data security vendor Fasoo has applied its enterprise DRM solution to semiconductor equipment vendor Koh Young Technology which has halted long-standing copycat issues, they said.
With voice phishing attacks increasing by 74 percent, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service and SK Telecom will develop AI to prevent such attacks.
Telcos KT and LG Uplus have proposed a global standard for quantum key distribution to the ITU's Study Group 13.
LG CNS has launched an AI-based document security solution and an automated access card issuer as part of its security offerings.
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been hacked and tokens worth 35 billion won ($31.5 million) have been stolen, following the hack on compatriot Coinrail earlier this month.
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail has suffered a hack and lost some 30 percent of its coins worth US$40 million.
SK Telecom, together with Macquarie, have bought South Korean security systems firm ADT Caps for 1.276 trillion won ($1.18 billion)