AI takes lead in fight against voice phishing in wake of SK Telecom hack

Amid growing concerns that leaked personal information from the recent SK Telecom data breach could fuel a surge in voice phishing crimes, local telecom providers are racing to deploy advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to detect and block increasingly sophisticated scams. Last month, cybersecurity firm EverSpin reported a rise in malicious apps disguised as legitimate ones — such as those of the Korea Consumer Agency or SK Telecom’s SmartSafe— particularly in early May, shortly after news of the breach first surfaced in April. LG Uplus has joined hands with KT and the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) by signing a memorandum of understanding on Friday to bolster preventive measures against phishing scams. The partnership aims to establish multilateral collaboration on advancing phishing detection systems and raise public awareness of such crimes. The KFB will provide telecom companies with a database of phone numbers in the banking sector. At the same time, LG Uplus and KT will leverage their AI-powered phishing detection and data analytic technologies to enhance secWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times