Cyber Security Magazine

Authentication may only be part of cybersecurity, but it’s the most important. Different Authentication Methods are necessary for checking a user’s claimed information to make sure they are who they say they are. Authentication is not to be confused with the preceding stage, authorization; instead, it is the only way …

The hacker group Anonymous announced on Saturday that it had hacked the website of the FSB, Russia’s feared secret service. We cannot access the site on Saturday evening at the time of publication of this article. The FSB is the de facto successor of the KGB, the secret political police …

A new malware called HermeticWiper (aka KillDisk.NCV) is actively used in the context of the escalation of the military conflict in Ukraine for cyberattacks targeting government and private organizations, affecting decision-makers, technical personnel, and ordinary users. Symantec and ESET research first tweeted about the new strain, dubbed HermeticWiper, on February …

The U.S. cybersecurity company McAfee, best known for its antivirus product of the same name, announced on Monday that it would be awarded $14 billion by a consortium of investment funds. The group of investors, led by Advent International Corporation and Permira Advisers LLC, also consists of Crosspoint Capital Partners, …

In the Netherlands, the alarm about cyber attacks and ransomware propagation – a virus that once downloaded, encrypts files on the system – turns into a crisis “that endangers the security of the country,” Writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The alarm was launched by three large Dutch cybersecurity companies (Eye, Hunt …

The Pegasus app can trigger the phone’s microphone, trigger the phone’s camera, record any movements that appear on the screen, access the device’s GPS, the location of the person being watched. And all this is done without the owner knowing. Human rights activists, journalists, and opponents worldwide have been spied …

Having a website is nowadays a necessity for all businesses. Without a website, your customers will not trust you as much as they will when you have an official site. With digitalization, every business is now online. So even all your competitors, regardless of their size, at least have a …

According to his attorney, John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer who founded cybersecurity company, McAfee, was found dead Wednesday in a jail cell in Spain. A Spanish court earlier in the day ordered the extradition of Mr. McAfee in connection with a federal criminal proceeding in Tennessee. Since October, Mr. …

In criticizing Google Chrome’s open-end cookie policies, Firefox has decided that the best thing to do would be to block all third-party cookies by default. The Mozilla Foundation has recently announced that the latest version of Firefox will not allow third-party cookies and block all pop-up ads. It’s still unclear …

On Wednesday night, Nicolás Kuroña from Berazategui, Argentina, purchased ownership of the country’s Google domain for a mere 540 Argentine Peso, according to today’s exchange rate equates USD 5.81. The domain became available after its previous ownership expired the same day. This caused a temporary closedown of the search engine …