Norse Corp. has won a $1.9 million contract with the Energy Department to help detect live threats to national critical infrastructure owners and operators in the energy sector in collaboration with FireEye. Norse will provide threat intelligence services for DOE’s cybersecurity risk information sharing program meant to help the energy sector identify and mitigate threats, Norse said Thursday. “We are thrilled […] More

FireEye has released a new report that indicates the Russian government may have sponsored cyber attacks targeting governments worldwide. The report examines the activities of APT28, a group of Russian-speaking developers and operators FireEye believes to have collected intelligence data from the Republic of Georgia, Eastern European governments and European security organizations, FireEye said Tuesday. “FireEye’s latest advance persistent threat report […] More

Verizon announced that it has joined forces with FireEye to come up with new cyber defense products designed to be more flexible in addressing a fast-changing threat landscape. The partnership will pull resources from the two companies’ workforces, global networks and customer basse, FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt said Wednesday. Kathie Miley, executive director of global security […] More

FireEye has released a new report that indicates the rate of malware attacks has grown nearly twice in the first half of 2014. The report examines the activity and targets of different malware threats across Europe, Middle East and Africa during the first six months of 2014, FireEye said Thursday. “Advanced attacks are the new reality for business and government,” said […] More

A FireEye subsidiary has unveiled two cybersecurity services intended to help utility and manufacturing companies protect their internal systems from the threat of advanced attacks. Mandiant‘s Industrial Control System Security Gap Assessment team will work to evaluate a client’s ICS security programs, monitor vulnerabilities and recommend infrastructure protection strategies, FireEye said Wednesday. The offering is […] More

FireEye has unveiled a new cybersecurity platform that aims to help enterprise users expedite the process of analyzing security incidents. The Investigation Analysis System is intended to operate as a standalone appliance or with the company’s forensics technology that works to extract metadata and monitor network traffic, FireEye said Monday. The company designed the platform […] More

FireEye has been awarded a contract to provide Laya Healthcare with threat monitoring tools for the Irish insurance company to secure its data.. FireEye’s cloud-based security platform works to offer analysis of possible disruptions from a cyberattack in real time, from the network, emails and the web, the company said Sept. 11.  “We’ve worked with a number […] More

FireEye has unveiled a new threat analysis tool for Amazon Web Services that is designed to filter security alerts during event data monitoring. The FireEye Threat Analytics Platform uses the company’s intelligence technology to provide context to event data, FireEye said Wednesday. Insights from the security analytics tool then give clients the opportunity to prioritize suspected […] More

John McGee, formerly executive vice president for worldwide field operations at Informatica, has joined FireEye as senior vice president of worldwide sales. David DeWalt, chairman and CEO of FireEye, said Tuesday that McGee will focus on helping the company bolster its delivery of tools and services to protect customers from cyber attacks. McGee has previously served as president of Thunderhead and held sales leadership positions at […] More

FireEyehas moved to expand its attack and threat detection portfolio with the consolidation of the Rapid7 UserInsight product into FireEye’s threat analytics platform. Steve Pataky, vice president of worldwide channels and alliances at FireEye, said Monday that his company intends to work with Rapid7 to analyze large volumes of network-wide data for security teams to […] More

FireEye has moved to expand its threat detection capabilities by incorporating traditional email security features into the company’s offering. The FireEye Email Threat Prevention Cloud tool has been updated with anti-spam and anti-virus protection systems, FireEye said Tuesday. “By unifying our advanced threat detection capabilities with the traditional email security tools enterprises have relied on, organizations can now […] More

FireEye has introduced a new threat prevention platform offering with an intrusion prevention system intended to help customers protect their networks from attacks. The platform is built to centralize how users view threat vectors and identify attacks using the multi-vector virtual execution engine for compliance, FireEye said Thursday. “Since multiple compliance standards require the presence of […] More