28 Facts About FireEye

In June 2021, FireEye sold its name and products business to Symphony Technology Group for $1.

FireEye was founded in 2004 by Ashar Aziz, a former Sun Microsystems engineer.

USAToday says FireEye "has been called in to investigate high-profile attacks against Target, JP Morgan Chase, Sony Pictures, Anthem, and others".

The following year, FireEye raised an additional $50 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to $85 million.

However, FireEye was not yet profitable, due to high operating costs such as research and development expenses.

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Shortly afterward, FireEye acquired another data breach investigation company, nPulse, for approximately $60 million.

In June 2021, FireEye announced the sale of its products business and name to STG for $1.

In 2017, FireEye transitioned from primarily selling appliances, to a software-as-a-service model.

FireEye sells technology products including network, email, and endpoint security, a platform for managing security operations centers called Helix, consulting services primarily based on incident response, and threat intelligence products.

Content Updates include a combination of DTI and FireEye Labs generated intelligence identified through research efforts.

In July 2012, FireEye was involved in the analysis of the Grum botnet's command and control servers located in the Netherlands, Panama, and Russia.

Also in 2014, FireEye provided information on a threat group it calls FIN4.

Also in 2014, FireEye released a report focused on a threat group it refers to as APT28.

FireEye found that since at least 2007, APT28 has been targeting privileged information related to governments, militaries, and security organizations that would likely benefit the Russian government.

In 2015, FireEye confirmed the existence of at least 14 router implants spread across four different countries: Ukraine, the Philippines, Mexico, and India.

In September 2015, FireEye obtained an injunction against a security researcher attempting to report vulnerabilities in FireEye Malware Protection System.

In 2015, FireEye uncovered an attack exploiting two previously unknown vulnerabilities, one in Microsoft Office and another in Windows.

FireEye attributed the activity to a China-based threat group it tracks as APT3.

In 2016, FireEye announced that it has been tracking a pair of cybercriminals referred to as the “Vendetta Brothers.

In 2016, FireEye announced that it had identified several versions of an ICS-focused malware – dubbed IRON GATE – crafted to manipulate a specific industrial process running within a simulated Siemens control system environment.

On May 8,2016, FireEye detected an attack exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.

In 2016, FireEye discovered a widespread vulnerability affecting Android devices that permits local privilege escalation to the built-in user “radio”, making it so an attacker can potentially perform activities such as viewing the victim's SMS database and phone history.

FireEye reached out to Qualcomm in January 2016 and subsequently worked with the Qualcomm Product Security Team to address the issue.

In 2016, FireEye provided details on FIN6, a cybercriminal group that steals payment card data for monetization from targets predominately in the hospitality and retail sectors.

FireEye shared the details of the vulnerability with Microsoft and coordinated public disclosure timed with the release of a patch by Microsoft to address the vulnerability.

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FireEye revealed on Tuesday, December 8,2020, that its systems were pierced by what it called "a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities".

FireEye said the attackers used "novel techniques" to steal copies of FireEye's red team tool kit, which the attackers could potentially use in other attacks.

Week later in December 2020, FireEye reported the SolarWinds supply chain attack to the US National Security Agency, the federal agency responsible for defending the US from cyberattacks, and said its tools were stolen by the same actors.