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Content management firm buys Discovery Mining to boost its e-discovery capabilities A global software firm that specialises in collaborative business solutions announced Friday it is acquiring messaging security provider Tumbleweed Communications. Identum snapped up for undisclosed sum. Enterprise security firm Secure Computing has announced plans to purchase Securify, provider of identity-based network monitoring solutions. Content security vendor Irdeto has acquired Cloakware, a privately held application security company. McAfee announced today that it will acquire certification vendor ScanAlert in a deal potentially worth US$75 million. New Zealand-based network monitoring provider Endace has acquired Applied Watch Technologies, a managed security services provider, for US$5 million.
McAfee today acquired mobile encryption provider SafeBoot for US$350 million to boost its enterprise data security offerings.
Barracuda Networks announced today that it has completed an acquisition of application-firewall vendor NetContinuum. Symantec has acquired 4FrontSecurity, a Virginia-based risk management and compliance firm, and has taken another step toward its proposed acquisition of management software vendor Altiris. Sun Microsystems today acquired Vaau, makers of enterprise role management and identity compliance solutions. Oracle didn't wait for the holiday season to go on a shopping spree, picking up enterprise management vendor Stellent and SPL WorldGroup, a supplier of revenue and operations management software, this month. BT announced today that it has acquired the US security company Counterpane. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. Web security company SurfControl has bought managed services provider BlackSpider for £20 million ($36 million). The firm will also take on £1.2 million ($2.2 million) of short-term debt. Networking giant Cisco Systems announced Thursday that it has acquired endpoint security firm Meetinghouse Data Communications for $43.7 million. TOP 5 CYBERATTACKS:

1. The Storm Worm
What began as an email-spawned trojan attack using fake news stories to lure victims became the most widespread cyber-assault in recent memory. Still replicating, and exploiting a number of patched vulnerabilities, the botnet-fueled, socially engineered attack may make next year's list as well. Nearly two-thirds of US adult internet users now shop online, but most of them are very concerned about privacy and security when making online purchases, according to an annual survey released this week by the University of Southern California's Center for the Digital Future.
Raleigh, N.C.,-based open source solution provider Red Hat announced today that it will buy open source middleware provider JBoss for at least $350 million. VeriSign acquired its second company of the month, buying Massachusetts-based mobile infrastructure firm m-Qube for $250 million in cash.