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IBM on Monday is expected to announce the acquisition of database security start-up Guardium for $225 million, according to reports citing Israeli financial newspaper, TheMarker, which first reported the deal. An IBM spokesman declined to comment about the deal when contacted by SCMagazineUS.com on Monday. Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported that IBM has been courting Guardium since January. Guardium has about 60 employees and was founded in Israel in 2002 but moved to Boston in 2003. — AM

Users document their infections.

Signify CEO defends token technology.

Lack of PCI DSS compliance proves troublesome.

UK home secretary declines to intervene.

It’s Cyber Monday again amazingly enough. For those who don’t know the phrase, it refers to the first Monday post-Thanksgiving (in the US). In the US, Black Friday is the name given to the Friday after Thanksgiving: that’s the day when most retail stores see the most business and “go into the black” due to massive volume.

Anti-spam test finds more is better

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Why do Hackers hack? Sam Curry, RSA’s VP of Product Management discusses the motivation of cyber criminals on this week’s Speaking of Security podcast.

Sophos warns of new malicious scam.