Editorial Policy

MAG212 CYBER exists to help people and organisations understand cyber threats and defend against them. Readers can only rely on us if our reporting is accurate and independent. This page explains how we work.

Independence of our journalism

Alongside our publication, MAG212 CYBER offers network and cybersecurity consultation and delivers security seminars. Our news, analysis, guides and magazine editions are kept separate from that work. Consulting or seminar clients do not decide what we cover or how we describe a threat, and we never exaggerate a risk to promote a service. Where a page offers our services, it is clearly labelled.

How we verify

• Primary sources first. We check claims against vendor advisories, CVE records, government agencies and the researchers who made the discovery.
• Exposure, attempt and compromise are different facts. We say clearly whether a flaw is merely present, being probed, or confirmed as exploited.
• Quotations are verbatim. We quote people only in words we can trace to a source, with the date and venue. Paraphrase is labelled as paraphrase.
• Dates and versions matter. Every technical article states when its evidence was last reviewed, because patch status changes quickly.

Third-party headlines

Our “Cyber Updates” ticker and “Latest from trusted sources” sections link to stories by other publishers. Those headlines belong to their publishers, and each link opens the original article.

Responsible publishing

We do not publish working exploit code, stolen data or instructions that would mainly help attackers. Commands we share are for defenders checking systems they own or administer.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it openly and note the correction on the article or edition. To report an error, please contact us.