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Australian users of Microsoft Word are being advised to tread with care as a zero-day that was publicised on the weekend is being used to spread the Dridex banking trojan.

McAfee Security has jumped the gun on disclosure of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word that the security company FireEye was discussing with Microsoft and awaiting release of a patch before divulging details.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has teamed up with Dimension Data and FireEye to build a Cyber Defence and Response Centre over five years and costing millions of dollars.

FireEye has announced its early adopter programme for FireEye Helix, an intelligence-led platform to enhance security operations and deliver security everywhere: public or private cloud, on-premise or hybrid, network or endpoint.

Cloud security provider Zscaler has appointed Sean Kopelke as its ANZ country manager.

Hackers have changed their modus operandi, turning their attentions to more destructive cyber-attacks, destroying corporate data, or holding it for ransom rather than just merely pilfering it.

Organisations in the Southeast Asian region are exposed to a 45% higher risk of facing a targeted cyber attack than the global average.

One third of Australian organisations have been exposed to advanced persistent threats (APTs), a substantially higher proportion than the global average.

Security vendor FireEye has appointed former Symantec senior sales executive Eric Hoh as the first president of its Asia Pacific Japan business.

If you still use Microsoft's Internet Explorer today brings another reason to jump ship - the ageing browser has been hit by a widespread security bug, announced over the weekend.

Chinese hackers attacked five European ministries before the G20 summit in September, according to new research.

Security service provider FireEye has appointed former McAfee CEO David DeWalt as its chief executive officer.