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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Press Releases</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/</link><atom:link href="http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>Press releases from FIRST website</description><dc:publisher>FIRST.org, Inc</dc:publisher><copyright>© 1995-2008 by FIRST.org, Inc.</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:37:49 +0100</lastBuildDate><generator>Tecnodesign</generator><language>en-us</language><ttl>20</ttl><image><title>Press Releases</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/</link><url>http://www.first.org/_images/first-news.png</url></image><item><title>Chinese Security Company Shares Huge Malware Database</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090703a.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40372</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Global IT Failure Could Cost More than Kobe Quake, FIRST Experts Warned</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090703.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40371</guid><description>Sabotage or failure on just one computer system could bring down the world information network in a disaster inflicting more damage than the Kobe earthquake, security experts learned today at their annual conference. They also heard how vulnerable the IT infrastructure is - and how thwarted attacks on the Beijing Olympics showed the determination of cyber criminals.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>INTERPOL and FIRST join Hands to Fight Cyber Crime</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630a.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40370</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Executive games could help stem cybercrime, FIRST experts told</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40369</guid><description>Update from FIRST Annual Conference Kyoto - Dr Suguru Yamaguchi, member and adviser on information security at the Japanese Cabinet Office National Information Security Centre, gave the opening keynote address. 
For complete press release see &#x3C;a href="http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630.html"&#x3E;http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090630.html&#x3C;/a&#x3E;.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:27:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Prepare for Insider Onslaught, FIRST Warns Business, Government</title><link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2439744.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40363</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Next World Cyber-security Contest Launched by FIRST, CERT Coordination Center </title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090225.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40353</guid><description>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).

</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:55:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST gets record sponsor list for Kyoto Conference</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20090106.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40348</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST to learn know-how from Japan's recoveries</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20080627.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40305</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST, CERT Coordination Centre launch free 'net protection</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20080626_1.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40274</guid><description>New methods that organisations and individuals can adopt for free to protect themselves from malicious Internet attacks were unveiled today at the 20th annual conference of FIRST, the Forum of Internet Response and Security Teams.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:44:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST told of Chinese PC hijack explosion</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20080626.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40273</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:23:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST moves to bring cyber crime fighters together</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20080625_1.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40272</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:53:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>World's top 'net crime fighters meet in Vancouver</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20080625.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:40271</guid><description>More than 400 of the world's top internet crime fighters are in Vancouver this week for the 20th annual conference of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>March 2008 Technical Colloquium latest program released</title><link>http://www.first.org/events/colloquia/mar2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:38444</guid><description>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!</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Google has returned to the sponsorship team!</title><link>http://www.first.org/conference/2008/sponsors.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:109</guid><description>Google, a sponsor since Ottawa 2003 has returned to the
sponsorship team!  FIRST greatly appreciates Google's continuing support!
</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:59:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title> Register now for March TC in Tokyo, Japan</title><link>http://www.first.org/events/colloquia/mar2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:108</guid><description>Hosted by CFC, HIRT, IIJ-SECT, JPCERT/CC, JSOC, NCSIRT, NISC, NTT-CERT, SBB-SIRT and YIRD from 25-28 March 2008 Akihabara UDX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
More information about the program and location are available at FIRST website. FIRST Members may register online to attend to the event.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>4th NM-SIG meeting great success!</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20071031.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:100</guid><description>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...</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:47:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST Abuse-Handling SIG held its latest workshop in Seville</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20070622.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:86</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:22:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Citizens heading "like sheep"</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20070621.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:84</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:04:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>CERTs need info clear and fast</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20070620_1.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:83</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:03:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST Conference Launches to Record Numbers</title><link>http://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20070620.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">firstnews:74</guid><description>The 19th annual FIRST conference got under way today [Wednesday, June 20] in Seville, Spain, with a record 467 delegates from 49 countries  a 34 per cent increase on last year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item></channel></rss>