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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
As the year draws to a close, it is time for businesses across all industries and sectors to reflect and prepare for the upcoming new year. With this in mind, FIRST has produced 11 vital steps that organizations should take to improve their incident re… Continue reading 11 steps organizations should take to improve their incident response strategy
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has published an update of its internationally recognized Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). CVSS is a common scoring system designed to provide open and universally standard severity r… Continue reading CVSS 3.1: Refined and updated for easier adoption by the security community
Heather Bowlby at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax tagged the shark with a location tracker that will monitor its movements for nearly a year. Continue reading Great White Shark Tagged for the First Time in Canadian Atlantic Waters
When people migrated to North America some 10,000 years ago, they brought their canine companions with them. Continue reading The Mysterious Disappearance of North America’s First Dogs
This weekend, the Afghan Dreamers won the Rookie Inspiration Award at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Detroit. Continue reading The All-Girl Afghan Robotics Team Was Banned from Entering the US. Now It’s Inspiring a Revolution