FireEye launches security solutions that detect and block zero-day and targeted cyber attacks that evade traditional security defences
US company sets up European headquarters in UK
LONDON - Mar 17, 2011 – FireEye, Inc., the specialist in combating targeted, sophisticated cyber attacks is setting up its European headquarters in the UK to market their next-generation Malware Protection Systems that protect against the zero-day and targeted cyber attacks which evade traditional security defences. The company’s security appliances have already been extensively deployed in the US amongst Federal & intelligence agencies and blue chip companies and have proven successful in detecting and neutralising attacks like Operation Aurora which affected numerous high profile enterprises and government bodies.
Using FireEye’s Malware Protection System (MPS), organisations can secure their networks against inbound, zero-hour malware, outbound data theft callbacks, and dynamically inoculate their networks from future attacks. The FireEye MPS blocks targeted attacks, zero-day exploits, advanced persistent threats, and provides accurate, actionable forensics that detail the exact nature of an inbound attack or outbound callback, such as keylogging and other data theft or fraudulent transaction activities.
"Despite having traditional network security and antivirus widely deployed, 'Operation Aurora' was able to breach dozens of major corporate networks using sophisticated techniques, such as code obfuscation and a zero-day application vulnerability," said Ashar Aziz, CEO, CTO, and Founder of FireEye. "Modern malware employs such a wide range of exploits and evasion tactics that it has made traditional security technologies obsolete. FireEye's real-time, multi-protocol content analysis within virtual machines is proving to be the only integrated defence able to accurately identify zero-day attacks."
FireEye network security appliances protect customers against zero-day attacks through advanced malware analysis across multiple protocols, including but not limited to HTTP, IRC, FTP and SMTP. Conducting deep packet inspection via highly instrumented virtual machines, the FireEye technology engine is able to identify both previously infected machines as well as systems under attack with pinpoint accuracy that virtually eliminates the problem of false positives.
FireEye’s new Email MPS features the Real-time Attachment and URL Analysis engine that evaluates emails for zero-hour malware using virtual machines that run a cross-matrix of operating systems and applications, such as various web browsers and plug-ins. This dynamic analysis enables FireEye to detect and stop spear phishing email attacks aimed at known and truly unknown OS and application vulnerabilities.
FireEye customers benefit from the combination of next-generation malware protection and an extensive malware intelligence network to enhance their overall cyber security infrastructure. FireEye's network security appliances deploy quickly filling the security gaps in traditional antivirus, intrusion detection and secure Web gateways to protect against targeted attacks.
About FireEye, Inc.
FireEye, Inc. is the leader in malware protection systems and next generation network threat prevention solutions that safeguard valuable data and networks against Modern Malware infiltration and theft in commercial enterprises, higher education, and government institutions. The FireEye Malware Protection System is the industry’s first solution that completely breaks the Modern Malware infection lifecycle by stopping inbound, zero hour, targeted attacks, outbound data exfiltration callbacks, and dynamically inoculating networks from future attacks through both local and global intelligence. FireEye finds and blocks the 90% of Modern Malware attacks that conventional defences miss, at network speeds and near-zero false positive rates, delivering an extremely low security TCO. FireEye is based in Milpitas, Calif. and backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, JAFCO Ventures, DAG Ventures, Juniper Networks, and In-Q-Tel.
For further information contact:
Maria Muller or Kim Smith
Éclat Marketing
Tel: 01276 496000 or email: fireeye@eclat.co.uk