Press kit

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What this page is for

This page is for journalists, reviewers, analysts, educators and anyone else who writes or speaks about FirstSignal. It gives accurate facts about the app and official copies of its name, logo and screens, so that coverage does not have to rely on redrawn or outdated material. What you may use, and for what, is set out under Permitted use.

About FirstSignal

FirstSignal is an Android app that turns the thousands of vulnerabilities, exploits, advisories and security news items published each day into a short daily briefing, ranked for the reader's industry, region and, if they choose, the products they enter. It watches for early signs of exploitation, such as public exploit code, jumps in EPSS and bursts of news coverage, and records how much earlier it flagged an item when CISA later adds it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. Every match shows its source and confidence. It is not a scanner and has no account. FirstSignal does not receive the user's lists or products, which stay on the phone; the app downloads one small signed settings file about once a day and sends anonymous usage counts only if the user turns them on. FirstSignal is made in New Zealand.

Name: FirstSignal (the wordmark is written in lowercase, firstsignal)
Platform: Android 10 and later, on phones, foldables and tablets. Coming soon to Google Play. An iPhone version will follow.
Price: Free, with an optional Pro upgrade through Google Play
Website: https://firstsignalcyber.com
Press contact: support@firstsignalcyber.com

Logos and icons

SVG files scale to any size. Use them as they are; the rules are below.

App screens and graphics

Full-size screens from the app (720 × 1560 px, WebP), with replayed public data from the PHP2Shell case and an illustrative product list. Please do not crop the screens in a way that changes what they say.

Using the brand

The mark is a lighthouse: the red paint on the tower forms an F, and the red light in the lantern is the first signal.

Use the files as they are, on a plain background with enough contrast. Use the lit mark on dark backgrounds only; on light backgrounds use the flat light mark.
Keep at least a third of the mark's height clear on every side. The lockup files already include it.
Smallest sizes: the lit icon 48 px, the wordmark 80 px wide, the lockup 200 px wide. Below these, use the icon alone.
Do not recolour the light or the bands to anything other than red, or the tower to anything other than its light or dark grey.
Do not redraw, rotate or add letters to the lighthouse, add shadows or glows, or put the mark in a bubble, shield or circle.
Do not retype the wordmark, capitalise it or move its dot, and do not combine the mark with other logos as if it were one.

Permitted use

You may use the logos, icons, screens and graphics on this page, without asking first, to refer to FirstSignal in:

news articles, reviews, comparisons, blog posts, videos and podcasts about the app;
talks, teaching material and research that mention it;
a list or directory of security tools that links to this website.

The following need our written permission first:

any use that suggests FirstSignal sponsors, endorses, is a partner of or is otherwise connected with you, your product or your organisation;
use in or as the name, logo, icon or store listing of another app, product, service or organisation;
use in advertising for another product, or on merchandise;
use that is misleading, or that presents altered screens or data as genuine.

The FirstSignal name, the lighthouse mark and the wordmark identify the app and remain our property. This permission gives no other right in them, and we may withdraw it from any use that does not follow this page. The app screens show replayed public data and an illustrative product list; they are not live information about any organisation, and the product and company names that appear in them belong to their owners. For any other use, write to support@firstsignalcyber.com.