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A Switzerland-based company this week launched an eBay-like marketplace for buying and selling zero-day software vulnerabilities. Network security firm SonicWALL announced plans late Tuesday to purchase Aventail for about US$25 million. Australian IT professionals will have an opportunity to discuss critical security issues with security experts during AusCERT2007. Less than two weeks after Gartner disparaged TippingPoint's connection to a flaw-finding contest at a recent IT security conference, Frost & Sullivan commended the organisation for research leadership and market growth. Commander Communications has signed up to provide Earthwave’s managed security products to end-users in the mid-market sector. Of the straight (i.e., not over-the-network) computer forensic tools we examined, EnCase has made the most noticeable changes since last year. VeriSign announced this week that it will raise registry domain name fees for .com and .net addresses by seven percent this October, per a December 2006 deal inked with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that some security experts have criticised for a lack of foresight. Perl guru Randal Schwartz has had his conviction for hacking Intel's password files quashed, 12 years after being found guilty. There is no denying the IT security market is alive and well. Depending on who you ask, between 400 and 1,500 security companies are in business worldwide, offering solutions ranging from anti-virus software to network access control appliances to consulting services. This, of course, should come as no surprise — especially when one considers enterprises are spending more money than ever before to meet compliance requirements and to defend against sophisticated and targeted attacks that could lead to embarrassing, costly breaches. BT is to acquire the Mumbai-based enterprise services firm, i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, as the company continues to expand its global profile. Amazon.com is the latest target of a new wave of phishing schemes known as man-in-the-middle attacks. Protecting home computer networks against security threats is as problematic as managing a small business, according to former White House cybersecurity advisor Howard Schmidt. Symantec will acquire the U.K.-based professional services firm, Company-i. An Ohio pediatric hospital is notifying patients and donors - totaling as many as 240,000 people - that their personal information may have been compromised by hackers. »Information Consulting Group has acquired project management firm Net Solutions. The merger provides the business consultant organization’s customers with IT security management solutions. ICG specializes in financial services, consumer products, healthcare and manufacturing. http://www.infoconsultgroup.com Symantec and Accenture announced this week in the US that they will join forces and create an independent organisation to assist businesses with IT risk management. Louis Turpen, former CEO of San Francisco International Airport, has joined Vidient Systems' Board of Advisors. Turpen will lend his counterterrorism experience while on the board at Vidient, a developer of behavior recognition software used to detect breaches. Turpen joins other notable figures on the board, including Richard Clarke, former White House cybersecurity adviser. www.vidient.com SEPTEMBER Bolstering its presence in the security marketplace, computing giant IBM has agreed to acquire network intrusion and managed services provider Internet Security Systems (ISS) for about $1.3 billion, the two companies announced today. Computing giant IBM will acquire information security and service provider Internet Security Systems (ISS) for about $1.3 billion, the two companies announced today.