FireEye Founder, CEO, and CTO, Ashar Aziz credited with the creation
of innovative enterprise network defense system
MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FireEye,
Inc., the leader in protecting enterprises from advanced malware, zero-day,
and targeted attacks, today announced that the U.S. Patent Office has
awarded patent no. 8,006,305 B2 (“Computer worm defense system and
method“) to FireEye founder and CEO, Ashar Aziz for creating a
malware defense system and method. The application for patent was filed
in June 2005 and the final patent was issued on August 23, 2011. The
patent is one of many from Mr. Aziz and other members of FireEye who are
defining the next generation of security architecture to combat advanced
cyber-attacks. To view the entire U.S. patent, please click here.
“This patent highlights the fact that FireEye has long been developing
leading edge technology for enterprise malware security”
The patent abstract reads as follows:
“A computer worm defense system comprises of multiple containment
systems tied together by a management system. Each containment
system is deployed on a separate communication network and contains a
worm sensor and a blocking system. Computer worm identifiers
generated by a worm sensor of one containment system can be provided not
only to the blocking system of the same containment system, but can also
be distributed by the management system to blocking systems of other
containment systems.”
Today’s advanced
cyber-attacks easily bypass all traditional signature-based security
defenses, such as firewalls, IPS and gateways, so aggressive innovation
is critical to protect corporate networks against zero-day and targeted
attacks. This core FireEye patent covers the use of transparent,
signature-less virtual machine (VM) analysis to generate malware
intelligence for automated, inline blocking of self-propagating malware
and global sharing of that intelligence for other subscribers to this
threat feed. As a result, the entire end-to-end FireEye security
architecture has now been patented.
“This patent highlights the fact that FireEye has long been developing
leading edge technology for enterprise malware security,” said Ashar
Aziz, Founder, CEO, and CTO, FireEye. “As malware and crimeware continue
to advance in technology, FireEye has the knowledge and execution to
create new technologies to deal with these highly dynamic threats.”
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About the FireEye Malware Protection Cloud
FireEye and its customers have formed one of the most reliable sources
of real-time threat data in the world. The FireEye Malware Protection
Cloud interconnects FireEye appliances deployed within customer
networks, technology partner networks, and service providers around the
world. This worldwide cloud efficiently shares auto-generated malware
security intelligence, such as covert callback channels, as well as new
threat findings from the FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab. The 2011
takedown of the largest spamming botnet in the world, Rustock, was based
on FireEye Malware Protection Cloud data and work with Microsoft,
Pfizer, and the University of Washington.
About FireEye, Inc.
FireEye is the leading provider of next-generation threat protection
focused on combating advanced malware, zero-day and targeted APT
attacks. FireEye’s solutions supplement security defenses such as
traditional and next-generation firewalls, IPS, antivirus and Web
gateways, which can’t stop advanced malware. These technologies leave
significant security holes in the majority of corporate networks.
FireEye’s Malware Protection Systems feature both inbound and outbound
protection and a signature-less analysis engine that utilizes the most
sophisticated virtual execution engine in the world to stop advanced
threats that attack over Web and email. Our customers include
enterprises and mid-sized companies across every industry as well as
Federal agencies. Based in Milpitas, California, FireEye is backed by
premier financial partners.
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