With millions of websites and downloadable files available on the internet, potential risks of security breach are high, especially with the fast development in technology. In this article, we will list top 100 cybersecurity news sites so you can stay updated and on the lookout. 1.      Infosecurity-magazine Website: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/ InfoSecurity Magazine tackles all that relates to big data, encryption, cybercrime and so much more. They also hold weekly podcasts in which they several other topics….

The Best Cybersecurity Book of all Time:  Analogue Network Security by Winn Schwartau For many centuries, books have been one of the central forms of entertainment for humankind. Readers around the world invest countless hours escaping into new and unique worlds, losing themselves in the words and pages of books from various genres. While all books affect readers in different ways, history has shown that some books have a way of reaching and impacting large…

A Cyber Defense Magazine Exclusive Interview with Herjavec Group Founder & CEO Robert Herjavec UNDERSTANDING VISIONARIES LIKE ROBERT HERJAVEC  “Kirk here, beam me up Scotty!”  How do you know when someone is a visionary?  Usually, they will tell you something that makes no sense or sounds absurd or far-fetched.  Then within a few years or longer, what they told you happens, it comes to be, almost prophetically.   For example: “I envision that one day,…

Educational establishments offering the best cybersecurity instruction in the United Kingdom have been recognized by Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).  Under the NCSC’s CyberFirst Schools initiative, fourteen schools and sixth-form colleges across the country have been issued with special awards for the quality of their teaching. In Wales, gold, silver, and bronze awards were received by six different institutions, while five establishments in Northern Ireland received awards. In England, one school in Gloucestershire and two…

The Internal Revenue Service has issued an urgent warning to tax professionals over a new scam in which cyber-criminals impersonate the IRS over email in an attempt to steal Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs). Carrying the subject line “Verifying your EFIN before e-filing,” the scam email purports to be from “IRS Tax E-Filing.” In the body of the bogus email, targets are asked to send an EFIN acceptance letter dated within the last 12 months…

Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz AktienGesellschaft has recalled over a million vehicles following the discovery of an emergency call system fault.  A glitch uncovered in the eCall feature means alerts sent from the car to emergency services in the event of an accident may contain incorrect information regarding the vehicle’s location.  The software-related bug impacts 1,292,258 cars in the United States manufactured from 2016 through 2021. Among the vehicles affected are the A-, B-, C-, E-, GT-, S-,…

To keep your Linux servers and desktops as secure as possible, you should check for (and remove) legacy communication services. Jack Wallen shows you how. Image: Jack Wallen Linux is a very secure operating system, but it’s not perfect. No operating system is. In fact, any platform that’s connected to a network is, in many ways, vulnerable. Like all other operating systems, there are a number of steps you can take to help mitigate those…