FireEye
FireEye and McAfee Enterprise merger leads to Trellix
In March 2021, Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced that it is purchasing security firm McAfee Enterprise for $4 billion. And in June last year, the investment firm declared it will merge the company with FireEye acquired for $1.2 billion, leading to a bigger company in assets, customer count and market value. Now, in January 2022, […]
McAfee and FireEye $2 billion merger details
Cybersecurity firms McAfee and FireEye will reportedly be merged to form a $2 billion business by early 2022. And the 40,000 customers (of both firms) and 5000 employees will soon work together to create a benchmark in security business from then on. Highly placed sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders have reported that Bryan Palma, the […]
Russia Cozy Bear targets US Federal Agencies similar to Ukraine 2017 Cyber Attack
In June 2017, many of the banks, energy producers, local networks and state-owned media agencies in Ukraine were targeted by a malware oriented cyber attack from a hacking group named Cozy Bear aka APT29. A detailed probe launched later proved that the group was being backed by Foreign Intelligence Service belonging to Russia, and the […]
Cyber Attack on US Treasury and Commerce Departments
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a formal statement in the last weekend confirming a cyber attack on the Treasury and Commerce Departments of United States. Microsoft reacted to the news and said that its preliminary inquiries in association with the law enforcement have revealed that Russian intelligence service is suspected […]
Russian State Sponsored Cyber Attack on FireEye
FireEye, a California based Cybersecurity firm, has made an official announcement on Tuesday that it became a victim of a state sponsored cyber attack from Russia. The security firm added in its statement that the attack was highly sophisticated and the hackers stolen hacking tools dubbed Red Team tools from the servers. Red Team tools […]
FireEye acquires Cloud Security startup Cloudvisory
FireEye which offers AI-based cybersecurity intelligence has made it official that it has acquired Texas-based Cloud Security startup Cloudvisory. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. However, FireEye confirmed that its latest technology acquisition will help its customers integrate cloud workload security capabilities into its Helix Platform dedicated to the cloud and container security. […]
More than half of businesses are not prepared for Cyber Attacks
A recent study made by FireEye has stated that more than half of businesses operating across the globe are not prepared to combat cyber attacks. Also, 50% of the CEOs believe that their company is not in a position to handle or respond to a hacking incident or data breach. Yes, these shocking facts were […]
Facebook, Microsoft, and Dell sign Cyber Attack pledge
Microsoft, Facebook, Dell and 37 other companies operating in the United States have signed a Cyber Attack pact pledging not to assist offensive government cyber attacks. That means, even if the government of United States desires to launch cyber attacks on the critical infrastructure of its enemy nations ( like Russia, China, and North Korea), […]
FireEye discloses Cyber Attack Incident details on Triconex IST
Mandiant, a subsidiary of FireEye has discovered that some state-sponsored actors launched a cyber attack on Triconex Industrial Control Systems offered by Schneider Electric SE. The malware used in the attack is said to be ‘Triton’ a predecessor of Stuxnet malware exploited to shut down power grids of Iran in 2010 and Ukraine in 2016. […]
Microsoft offers a fix to FinSpy Surveillance Malware
Microsoft has issued a fix to a security vulnerability found in its MSOffice software which helps in spreading FinSpy Surveillance malware. After learning about it from the alert issued by cyber security firm FireEye, the software giant decided to immediately react on the issue and issued a patch to the immediately secure the vulnerability in […]
