Neowin News Feed for: Fireeye

Microsoft: Customer data was not accessed in Solorigate attack

Usama Jawad — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has concluded that the Solorigate attacker was only able to get access to a small number of code files for Azure, Exchange, and Intune, and those did not contain live customer data. Read more...

While Microsoft was busy investigating, hackers exploited Word flaw for months

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:06:01 +0000

A flaw in Microsoft's Word application was able to be exploited by hackers for months on end. The Redmond giant was in the middle of an in-depth investigation about it when attacks started in January. Read more...

Qualcomm security exploit exposes countless Android devices to data theft

Boyd Chan — Fri, 06 May 2016 09:56:01 +0000

Despite Qualcomm's collaboration with FireEye to close a critical daemon vulnerability affecting a raft of Android devices, it is likely that most of them will never actually receive the patch. Read more...

Malicious Android spyware creator faces up to 10 years in prison

Phi Ha — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:38:01 +0000

20-year-old Morgan Culbertson faces prison time after admitting to creating a malicious Android spyware. The former security intern created a tool that allows attackers to take over Android phones. Read more...

CryptoLocker malware has been cracked, victims able to decrypt their files for free

Steven Johns — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:13:16 +0000

The CryptoLocker ransomware has been cracked by the researchers at Fox-IT and FireEye, and a free decryption tool to decrypt the locked files has been made available to the public. Read more...

Serious Flash vulnerability fixed by Adobe within hours

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:29:39 +0000

Adobe has issued an immediate update to the Flash player plugin after a report of a serious vulnerability, targeting public policy websites, was published by security researchers at FireEye. Read more...