Websense Acquires Spam Blocker Defensio

Website security software company Websense has acquired Defensio , a comment spam blocker used by blogs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Defensio competes with Aksimet, the spam blocker that comes with Wordpress. One of Defensio's features is that it can sort blocked comments by spamminess and also offers an API for use on Websites other than blogs. Websense will incorporate Defensio into its ThreateSeeker Network that looks for spam in comments on blogs, forums, and social networks. Websense also plans on extending Defensio's spam-blocking capabilities to Web applications.