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International Workshop Endorses Principles of Security Incident Response for Africa (19:03 GMT+01)

FIRST and ICANN held a four-day joint cyber-security workshop for African incident response teams in conjunction with the 37th ICANN meeting in Nairobi, Kenya during March 5-8, 2010.

Chinese Security Company Shares Huge Malware Database (20:54 GMT+01)

A Chinese company that has created a massive database of malware found on Chinese Web sites opened up the information to other security organizations on Thursday.

INTERPOL and FIRST join Hands to Fight Cyber Crime (20:19 GMT+01)

A law enforcement loophole through which cyber criminals have been escaping started to close today as international police and the world's leading forum of online security experts forged a new alliance.

Prepare for Insider Onslaught, FIRST Warns Business, Government (15:15 GMT+01)

FIRST, one of the world's leading Internet security organizations today, warned businesses and governments to prepare for a surge in sabotage, thefts and other cyber-attacks by insiders as disaffected employees retaliate in the wake of the global depression.

Next World Cyber-security Contest Launched by FIRST, CERT Coordination Center (13:55 GMT+01)

Pittsburgh, PA, February, 25 2009 - The second international competition honoring best practices and advances in safeguarding the security of computer systems and networks was announced today by FIRST (the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC).

FIRST gets record sponsor list for Kyoto Conference (18:36 GMT+01)

The world’s economic woes haven’t stopped unprecedented levels of sponsorship being pledged for the 21st Annual Conference of FIRST with six months still to go before proceedings open on June 28, 2009, in Kyoto.

FIRST to learn know-how from Japan's recoveries (16:33 GMT+01)

The lessons Japan can teach the world about disaster recovery will be a top theme for delegates from FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, when they meet for their 21st annual conference in Kyoto next year.

FIRST told of Chinese PC hijack explosion (06:23 GMT+01)

The number of innocent individuals in China whose personal computers were hijacked by criminals rose by a staggering 2125 per cent between 2006 and 2007, delegates were told here today at the 20th annual conference of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.

FIRST moves to bring cyber crime fighters together (21:53 GMT+01)

A new initiative to ease tensions between law enforcers and internet security experts was launched here today at the 20th annual conference of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.

March 2008 Technical Colloquium latest program released (16:00 GMT+01)

Now the latest program agenda of Joint Workshop on Security, and FIRST Technical Colloquium 2008 in Tokyo has been updated and published. We are looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible in one of the best season of the year in Tokyo, Japan!

Google has returned to the sponsorship team! (17:59 GMT+01)

Google, a sponsor since Ottawa 2003 has returned to the sponsorship team! FIRST greatly appreciates Google's continuing support!

4th NM-SIG meeting great success! (16:47 GMT+01)

The very interactive 4th NM-SIG meeting was held on Wednesday 17th October in Noordwijk (NL), before the GOVCERT.NL-symposium. Around 14 people attended the meeting. With hindsight...

FIRST Abuse-Handling SIG held its latest workshop in Seville (17:22 GMT+01)

SIG members took forward projects like whitelisting known-good large mailservers, and the concept of feedback-loops. The workshop, well-attended by an enthusiastic number of members, also initiated steps towards a new relationship with the APWG.

Citizens heading "like sheep" (22:04 GMT+01)

UK citizens are “walking like sheep, bleating,” into a total surveillance society, Bob Ayers, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) warned today at the 19th Annual Conference of FIRST.

CERTs need info clear and fast (22:03 GMT+01)

The need to ensure fast and intelligible information flows between Computer Emergency Response Teams when vendors report vulnerabilities was the lead topic this week when FIRST’s Vendor SIG convened in Seville.

New version of Common Vulnerability Scoring System released (02:00 GMT+01)

Seville Spain – June 20, 2007: Millions of computer users worldwide will enjoy more secure virtual experiences and transactions with the advent today of CVSSv2 – the latest version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System.

KPN working on a possible threat of significant service disruption from Electro Magnetic Pulse caused by Solar Activity (19:25 GMT+01)

The executives attending the Corporate Executive Programme’s Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland in May to debate trends and anticipate the major risks that will impact international business over the next 12 months.

2007 Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles predicts increases in targeted cyber attacks aimed at corporate smart phones and PDAs (21:55 GMT+01)

Senior executives joined the Corporate Executive Programme’s Global Risk Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland in May to debate trends and anticipate the major risks that will impact international business over the next 12 months.

A Secure Network for Security Experts (21:00 GMT+01)

Portable Security System from Cisco Will Protect Global Conference Network

ENISA becomes Gold Sponsor (20:25 GMT+01)

The European Network and Information Security Agency has joined the FIRST Sponsorship Team. With this step the Agency wants to affirm its support for the FIRST as a premier organisation and recognised global leader in incident response.

Happy Computer Security Day (21:00 GMT+01)

This week several organizations around the world have celebrated the Computer Security Day (CSD) to raise the awareness of computer security issues. See how you can remind people to protect their computers and information

Expect national infrastructure attack, FIRST founder warns FIRST (16:36 GMT+01)

Emergency response teams should expect "at least one concentrated attack on a critical national infrastructure system like power or water supply", the FIRST annual conference in Baltimore, USA

FIRST welcomes new CERTs from Qatar and Gulf States (16:36 GMT+01)

In what was described as "a huge step forward" for the safety of Internet communications in the Middle East, the FIRST welcomed delegates from newly established emergency teams in Qatar and the Gulf Statesto its annual conference in Baltimore, USA.

Make ISP’s Secure Home Computers, FIRST Conference told by Bruce Schneier (22:20 GMT+01)

Internet Service Providers should be required by Governments to protect home users against Trojans and worms, technology guru Bruce Schneier said at the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) annual conference in Baltimore, USA

Law Enforcers and CSIRTs Meet in New Global Cybercrime Counter-Attack (23:28 GMT+01)

In a new global initiative against cybercrime the G8 Lyon High-Tech crime group will this month bring together Law Enforcement (LE) agents and Computer Security Incident Response teams (CSIRTs) at an international conference in Baltimore, USA

Corporate Executive Programme Refines Global Risk Index (16:32 GMT+01)

The momentum continues on Day Two of the CEP’s Global Risk Summit Gleneagles as the group refined the Global Risk Index (GRI), which will be published to members shortly.

Corporate Executive Programme's Global Risk Index Takes Center Stage Today at Gleneagles, Scotland (06:32 GMT+01)

Operating under the auspices of FIRST, the CEP takes a cross functional approach to risk management by seeking to bridge the gap between the technical and business areas of global companies.

FIRST Urges Wide-Scale Adoption of New Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) (00:53 GMT+01)

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) a not-for-profit network of computer security incident response teams representing government, law enforcement, ...

FIRST Selected to Lead Scoring Standard for Security Vulnerabilities Scoring System (06:05 GMT+01)

The biggest challenge facing any new standard is the universal adoption of the standard. In order to address the inconsistency of scoring metrics for vulnerabilities...

Call to Arms for Corporate Chiefs to Attend "Critical" Cyber Conference (19:18 GMT+01)

Corporate executives from around the world were today being urged to attend a special conference on risk, to be staged this June in Singapore by FIRST, the world's premier force...