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Information security and compliance cloud provider Qualys has appointed Richard Sorosina to the role of ANZ chief technology security officer, Frances Kwok to the newly created role of regional business operations manager, and Neil Chen to the role of technical account manager.

Data security and analytics company Varonis has appointed Zane Lockley to a newly created role of channel director ANZ.

Security specialist Secureworks has appointed Demetrios Georgiou to the role of director of APAC.

Webroot research has found 92% of illegal streaming sites were found to contain some malicious content, in a warning that targets not only Euro 2020 viewers, but for anyone hoping their illegal sports streaming doesn't end up souring your computer like a lemon.

Webroot has released its annual list of the Nastiest Malware, "revealing phishing, botnet attacks and ransomware as 2020’s most vicious cybersecurity threats".

COVID-19 cyber criminals are still hooked on a feeling that they'll catch plenty of people unawares during this crisis, whether people are in the office or working from home, with 1 in 5 Aussies saying they've clicked on a phishing link this past year.

Windows users should not be forced to create an ordinary user before they start to use the system because, "they need those admin rights to do anything with their computer, such as installing Chrome, games or a security solution", a security professional says.

Christmas 2019 saw enterprise information management company OpenText complete its acquisition of cloud backup and endpoint protection provider Carbonite for US$23 per share.

Over half (56%) of Australian office workers have had their data compromised as part of a breach or hack, including nearly 3 in 10 (28%) more than once, according to a survey of office workers in Australia, the US, UK and Japan.

Cloud back-up provider Carbonite has agreed to acquire security vendor Webroot for approximately US$618.5 million in cash.

Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific may fall afoul of European authorities after taking six months to disclose that the personal data of 9.4 million people could have leaked.

More than 90% of Australian IT decision-makers, who took part in a survey that looked at their readiness to meet the standards of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, that takes effect on 25 May, have admitted that their companies are not yet ready to meet the standards demanded by the new law.

Security companies have reacted to the Uber hack that revealed the details of 57 million users with a mixture of anger and advice.

WannaCry was the Windows ransomware that gained the most media coverage this year but security vendor Webroot ranks NotPetya, the ransomware that hit a month later, as the nastiest in this category of Windows malware for 2016-17.

Global cyber security company Webroot has appointed Mike Potts as its new chief executive to replace retiring company boss Dick Williams.

The cost of a cyber attack on an Australian small- or medium-sized business would come to something like $1.9 million, a survey of 200 IT decision makers at these businesses by security vendor Webroot has found.

BI and analytics software vendor Yellowfin has appointed Chris Benham as its chief marketing officer.

A little more than a fifth of phishing threats in the first nine months of this year targeted Google, according to data from the security company Webroot.

The encrypting ransomware Locky has been adjudged the malware winner of 2016 at a Malware Awards webinar presented by security company Webroot on Wednesday.

Security company Webroot claims that the number of instances of malware per user has fallen by 16% from 2015 to the first half of 2016.