FireEye Announces Next-Generation Email Security Appliances Using Signature-Less Malware Protection Engine to Stop Spear Phishing Attacks

First email security solution with real-time analysis of embedded
URLs and attachments for targeted, socially engineered attacks

RSA Conference 2011

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA 2011 – FireEye,
Inc., the leader in next-generation Malware Protection Systems
(MPS), today announced the FireEye Email Malware Protection System that
stops targeted email attacks, also known as spear phishing, to prevent
malware-induced network breaches and data theft. With the launch of the
Email MPS, enterprises and government agencies can protect data and
networks from recurring Modern Malware infections and advanced,
persistent threats (APTs) that attack using malicious email content and
attachments.

“Using the FireEye Email MPS, we’ve been able to stop over three dozen
separate spear phishing attacks over the course of two weeks”

“The Email MPS represents a new generation of messaging security
protecting against email attacks using malicious URLs and attachments
exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities,” said Ashar Aziz, CEO, CTO and
Founder of FireEye. “FireEye's integrated MPS solutions protect
organizations across the Web and Email attack vectors. Customers now
have the most comprehensive protection against the Modern Malware used
to conduct cybercrime, cyber espionage, and cyber reconnaissance
attempts.”

Highly Scalable, Accurate, and Effective Spear Phishing Security

FireEye’s new Email MPS features the Real-time Attachment and URL
Analysis engine that evaluates emails for zero-hour malware using
virtual machines that run a cross-matrix of operating systems and
applications, such as various web browsers and plug-ins. This dynamic
analysis enables FireEye to detect and stop spear phishing email attacks
aimed at known and truly unknown OS and application vulnerabilities.
With global data from the FireEye MAX Cloud Intelligence network,
customers get the latest security content about malicious attachments
targeting zero-day vulnerabilities, malware callback channels, and URL
blacklist updates. The incorporation of real-time, dynamic analysis
coupled with global security content enables customers to stop the
email-borne Modern Malware infection cycle. With blended attacks using
email and the Web on the increase, it is critical to have a zero-hour,
signature-less malware protection engine to analyze links in email as
well as file attachments, such as PDF documents, Microsoft Office®
files, multi-media content, and other file formats.

"Using the FireEye Email MPS, we’ve been able to stop over three dozen
separate spear phishing attacks over the course of two weeks,” said an
IT administrator at a defense contractor, who asked to remain anonymous.
“In our case, we’ve seen no false quarantines, and by integrating with
our FireEye Web MPS, we can quickly trace a zero-day Web exploit back to
its spear phishing email preventing a breach and saving at least 320
hours of forensic analysis for just one of the incidents.”

The FireEye Email MPS is an easy-to-deploy appliance that requires no
tuning and deploys as an MTA (Message Transfer Agent), SPAN device, or
as a BCC destination. The FireEye solution deploys behind existing email
control points like antispam gateways. The new Email MPS family
comprises the Email MPS 8000 Series for high email volume environments
and the Email MPS 5000 Series for mid-to-large email volumes.

Pricing and Availability

The FireEye Email Malware Protection System will be available in the
second quarter of 2011. Pricing begins at $54,950 for the appliance,
with per seat licenses starting at $11.68 (for a 5,000 seat
organization).

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About FireEye, Inc.

FireEye,
Inc. is the leader in malware protection systems and next generation
network threat prevention solutions that safeguard valuable data and
networks against Modern Malware infiltration and theft in commercial
enterprises, higher education, and government institutions. The FireEye
Malware Protection System is the industry’s first solution that
completely breaks the Modern Malware infection lifecycle by stopping
inbound, zero hour, targeted attacks across Web and Email attack
vectors, outbound data exfiltration callbacks, and dynamically
inoculating networks from future attacks through both local and global
intelligence. FireEye finds and blocks the 90% of Modern Malware attacks
that conventional defenses miss, at network speeds and near-zero false
positive rates, delivering an extremely low security TCO. FireEye is
based in Milpitas, Calif. and backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture
Partners, JAFCO Ventures, DAG Ventures, Juniper Networks, and In-Q-Tel.

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Contacts

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Woody Mosqueda, 408-738-9148
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or
FireEye,
Inc.
Phillip Lin, 408-321-6300
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