Using data gathered by its Privacy Checker website, Kaspersky has been able to pinpoint areas of concern for visitors seeking to improve their privacy posture. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Using data gathered over nearly two years, Kaspersky said that its Privacy Checker website indicates that most visitors are concerned over mobile operating system privacy and the privacy of their data captured by Google. Kaspersky Privacy Checker is a free website where users can choose from three…

Apple, Google, Microsoft and others will fund new technologies and training as part of the nation’s struggle to combat cyberattacks. Image: Yuichiro Chino/Moment/Getty Images Following the Biden administration’s efforts to beef up the nation’s cyber defenses in the wake of several high-profile attacks, a host of tech giants and other businesses are promising to play a more active role. In a meeting with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday, Apple, Google, Microsoft and…

The UK Cyber Security Council has today announced it has opened its membership application process. The self-regulatory body for the cybersecurity education and skills sector, which launched as an independent entity earlier this year, is now inviting applications from eligible organizations throughout the UK. These are any organizations “with an interest in promoting, supporting and developing the cybersecurity profession.” Those organizations whose membership applications are accepted will be allowed to nominate representatives to the Council’s committees, focusing on the…

What’s happened? The FBI has published a warning about a ransomware gang called the OnePercent Group, which has been attacking U.S. companies since November 2020. How are companies being attacked by the OnePercent gang? The gang emails targeted individuals inside an organization using social engineering tricks to dupe the unwary into opening a malicious Word document contained within an attached ZIP file. And the attachment encrypts data on the user’s PC? Not quite. Macros embedded…

Since 2008, the CIS Controls have been through many iterations of refinement and improvement, leading up to what we are presented with today in CIS Controls version 8. CIS Controls reflect the combined knowledge of experts from every part of the ecosystem (companies, governments, and individuals). The controls reflect consideration by people in many different roles such as threat analysts, incident responders, solution providers, policy-makers, and more. This work is the wisdom collected from experts…