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What DNS abuse techniques are employed by cyber adversaries and which organizations can help incident responders and security teams detect, mitigate and prevent them? The DNS Abuse Techniques Matrix published by FIRST provides answers. The Domain Name … Continue reading DNS abuse: Advice for incident responders
The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) and Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) have unveiled that they will work together to combat growing internet abuse and cybersecurity issues. The two groups plan to c… Continue reading M3AAWG and FIRST join forces to make internet a safer place
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Team (FIRST) has updated the globally renowned Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) for the cybersecurity industry – a vital system used by organizations all around the world to share sensitive information. The… Continue reading FIRST launches Traffic Light Protocol 2.0 with important updates
Global Incident response and security teams from across the world will gather in Ireland for the first time for the 34th Annual FIRST Conference, entitled ‘Neart Le Chéile: Strength Together’ in the Convention Centre, Dublin, from June 26 to July 1, 20… Continue reading Computer security experts gather to participate at the 34th Annual FIRST Conference
Intel announced the appointment of Christy Pambianchi as executive vice president and chief people officer, effective Sept. 7. Pambianchi will head the Human Resources organization with a mandate to attract, engage and retain the best talent as Intel s… Continue reading Christy Pambianchi joins Intel as executive vice president and chief people officer
The 2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses is a demonstrative list of the most common issues experienced over the previous two calendar years. These weaknesses are risky because they are many times easy to find… Continue reading A look at the 2021 CWE Top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses
During the recent 2021 AGM, Dave Schwartzburg, Information Security Architect from Cisco was newly appointed as the Chair of the premier organization and recognized global leader in incident response – Forum of Incident Response and Security Team… Continue reading FIRST appoints Dave Schwartzburg as Chair, names five new Board of Directors
ICASI – the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet was officially integrated into the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) on May 28 2021. Established in 2008, ICASI’s purpose was to strengthen the global secur… Continue reading ICASI integrates into FIRST PSIRT SIG to enhance the incident response industry
March kept us all very busy with the ongoing out-of-band Microsoft updates for Exchange Server and the printing BSODs, which plagued us since last Patch Tuesday. It looks like a standard release of updates from Microsoft next week, but before we get to… Continue reading April 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Security best practices
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has released an updated set of coordination principles – Guidelines for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination and Disclosure version 1.1. Stakeholder roles and communication paths The purpose T… Continue reading FIRST releases updated coordination principles for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination and Disclosure