Security News > 2020 > December > FireEye Says 'Sophisticated' Hacker Stole Red Team Tools
Cybersecurity powerhouse FireEye late Tuesday acknowledged that a "Highly sophisticated" threat actor broke into its corporate network and stole a range of automated hacking tools and scripts.
"Because we believe that an adversary possesses these tools, and we do not know whether the attacker intends to use the stolen tools themselves or publicly disclose them, FireEye is releasing hundreds of countermeasures with this blog post to enable the broader security community to protect themselves against these tools," FireEye said in a blog post announcing the intrusion.
"We have incorporated the countermeasures in our FireEye products-and shared these countermeasures with partners, government agencies-to significantly limit the ability of the bad actor to exploit the Red Team tools," the company added.
"FireEye said the tools stolen by the attacker did not contain zero-day exploits."The tools apply well-known and documented methods that are used by other red teams around the world.
"We have seen the damaging impact of Hacking Team and the NSA's EternalBlue tool leaks/disclosures. If these tools become widely available, this will be another example of the attackers' barrier to entry getting lower and lower. The bottom line here: these tools making into the wrong hands will make defenders' lives more challenging."