Tag: acquisition
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AVG acquires Sana Security
Behavioural experts added to growing portfolio. AVG has announced the acquisition of behaviour-blocking firm Sana Security , adding another level to its fast-expanding security solution empire. California-based Sana ‘s technologies focus on monitoring the behaviour of software for anomalous or dangerous activity, providing a means of blocking zero-day malicious attacks beyond signature and heuristic scanning.…
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McAfee to buy Secure Computing
Acquisition deal valued at $465m. McAfee has announced its official agreement to purchase network security firm Secure Computing Corp. in a deal worth a whopping $465 million. The announcement comes a little less than two months since McAfee announced its intention to acquire data loss firm Reconnex in a deal worth $46 million. The security…
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Symantec to acquire PC Tools
Industry giant adds spyware specialist to growing portfolio. Security industry behemoth Symantec has announced the planned acquisition of PC Tools , the Australia-based company behind Spyware Doctor and a range of security, privacy and system-cleaning products. Symantec plans to close the deal by the end of the year, keeping PC Tools as a separate unit…
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Trend Micro buys email encryption firm
UK company taken over by security giant. Global security superpower Trend Micro has invested in a small email encryption firm based in Bristol, UK. The company, Identum , emerged from Bristol University’s cryptography department five years ago, and markets an AES-based encryption software under the name Private Post , using public keys generated from a…
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Grisoft acquires Exploit Prevention Labs
AVG to incorporate LinkScanner in further consolidation of security offerings. Grisoft , developer of the AVG security product whose free version is widely deployed on home-user desktops, has announced the acquisition of Exploit Prevention Labs , a small firm whose headline product LinkScanner focuses on detecting exploit attempts in web pages before they are visited.…
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Symantec joins data leak frenzy
Vontu purchase latest move in data protection trend. Symantec has announced the $350 million purchase of data leak prevention firm Vontu , following several similar moves by major security players in recent months. San Francisco-based Vontu claims 1 in 4 Fortune 100 companies as customers for its range of data protection solutions, which will be…
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McAfee acquires website trust mark firm
ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million. McAfee has bought ScanAlert , the firm behind the ‘Hacker Safe’ trust mark logo, carried by some 75,000 websites to indicate safe practices and freedom from malware and spamming. The technology will be added to McAfee ‘s SiteAdvisor safe browsing system. In a deal worth $51 million in…
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Trend Micro invests in leak-prevention firm
Further data security added to portfolio. Security giant Trend Micro has acquired California-based data leak prevention specialist Provilla , to add its data protection technologies to the Trend range. Provilla ‘s software range, including its LeakProof and LeakSense leak prevention and monitoring tools, will continue to be sold and supported for the foreseeable future, and…
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McAfee invests in encryption firm
SafeBoot acquired for $350 million. McAfee has announced the acquisition of encryption and device control specialist SafeBoot , which produces a range of security products for PCs and mobile devices. The privately-owned firm was bought in a cash deal worth $350 million. SafeBoot is a well-established company, set up in 1991, with a global customer…