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• Cloud security vendor Crossbeam bought by private equity firm

  Crossbeam has been bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, opening up the door for the security company to expand its product line both in-house and via acquisitions.

• What's up with the Anonymous hackfest?

  Hackers apparently linked to the hactivist group Anonymous today kept up a hacking spree to dump data they said they stole from Symantec, VMware, PayPal, Hyundai, and the U.S. Department of Energy and Transportation, among others.

• DDoS and SQL injection are main topics on hacking forums

  Distributed denial of service and SQL injection are the main types of attack discussed on hacking forums, according to new research from security vendor Imperva.

• DDoS cloud protection service offered to worried companies

  With DDoS attacks at epidemic level, Imperva has announced a new cloud service it claims offers a practical way to fend off the menace up to multi-gigabit level.

• Cyber “moles” essential tool against hackers: Imperva

  When cyber criminals infiltrate organisations, they may not be aware that a team in the Middle East sends a watchful virtual eye out to spy on their activities.

• Fake AV makers, scammers exploit Bin Laden news

  Malware makers and scammers have quickly latched onto the news that U.S. military forces killed Osama Bin Laden, security researchers said today.

• Pro-WikiLeaks cyber army gains strength; thousands join DDoS attacks

  The retaliatory attacks by pro-WikiLeaks activists are growing in strength as hackers add botnets and thousands of people download an open-source attack tool, security researchers said today.

• Startup launching web application firewall service

  Imperva Monday announced its spinoff company Incapsula will start providing cloud-based Web application firewall services early next year with a focus on smaller businesses.

• Imperva adds NAS firewall to line-up

  Security company Imperva has announced a software firewall that protects and monitors access to files sitting on network-attached storage (NAS) servers.

• IBM buys database security firm Guardium

  IBM has acquired database security vendor Guardium, it said Monday, confirming earlier reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

• Imperva announces new VP of Asia Pacific

  Data security company, Imperva, has appointed Stree Naidu as Vice President of Asia Pacific