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• Hackers ramping up attacks against Tibetan activists

  Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to researchers from security firms FireEye and Trend Micro.

  By Lucian Constantin | 18 April, 2012 02:06

  Tags: FireEye, malware, security, trend micro

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  Spear-phishing stats reveal unexplained holiday spikes

  While phishing attempts against workplace email accounts drop precipitously on Christmas and New Year's Day, as might be expected, such attacks spike dramatically on other holidays, says a report from a security firm. Why is not clear.

  By Ellen Messmer | 14 February, 2012 16:30

  Tags: anti-malware, FireEye, malware, security, Threat Report

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  Sourcefire debuts anti-malware software FireAMP for enterprise

  Sourcefire today announced anti-malware software for Windows-based devices that combines signature- and behavior-based detection methods to identify malicious code trying to invade the enterprise network, tracking it down through cloud-based analysis.

  By Ellen Messmer | 24 January, 2012 07:40

  Tags: amp, anonymous, anti-malware, FireAMP, FireEye, security, sourcefire

• As targeted e-mail attacks proliferate, companies wince

  The strange e-mails arrived in executives' inboxes around the same time that the Australian oil company was negotiating a deal with a Chinese energy company.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 05 August, 2011 23:32

  Tags: data breach, data protection, Desktop security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, FireEye, malware, security

• With Rustock, a new twist on fighting Internet crime

  For more than 24 hours this week, it was a question that very few security experts could answer: Who had knocked the world's worst spam botnet offline?

  By Robert McMillan | 18 March, 2011 21:00

  Tags: cybercrime, FireEye, internet, Internet Software Consortium, legal, Microsoft, Pfizer, Ruhr-University Bochum, secureworks, security

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  Appliance automates malware detection

  Security firm NetWitness today announced Spectrum, an appliance for enabling automated malware analysis that works in conjunction with the company's traffic-analysis gear used to spot threats and policy violations.

  By Ellen Messmer | 25 January, 2011 06:20

  Tags: anti-malware, botnet, FireEye, firewalls, malware, NetWitness, security

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  Bredolab-infected PCs downloading fake antivirus software

  A massive takedown operation conducted by Dutch police and security experts earlier this week does not appear to have completely dissolved the Bredolab botnet, but it is unlikely to recover.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 29 October, 2010 00:22

  Tags: Criminal, cybercrime, Exploits / vulnerabilities, FireEye, legal, malware, security

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  FireEye vows to expose 'truth' behind modern malware

  In his interview with CSO last week, FireEye Chief Security Architect Marc Maiffret lamented what he sees as the inability of security vendors to keep up with the malware innovations made in the pursuit of attacks against the likes of Adobe and Apple.

  By Bill Brenner | 06 May, 2010 04:38

  Tags: FireEye, kaspersky, malware, security

• FireEye malware blockers don't rely on signatures

  FireEye Wednesday unveiled its first appliances built for in-line blocking of Web and e-mail malware using wholly non-signature-based detection methods.

  By Ellen Messmer | 05 May, 2010 15:16

  Tags: FireEye, intrusion prevention systems, malware, non-signature-based detection

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  FireEye moves quickly to quash Mega-D botnet

  A computer security company known for battling botnets moved last week to try to shut down a persistent spam player.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 11 November, 2009 09:48

  Tags: botnets, FireEye, mega-d, security

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  Anti-virus no defence against botnets, says vendor

  A new analysis of botnets has come up with a possible reason for their prodigious ability to infect PCs - many anti-virus programs are near to useless in blocking the binaries used to spread them.

  By John E. Dunn | 01 December, 2008 07:51

  Tags: antivirus, botnets, FireEye