Security

Law firms see big money in healthcare breach cases

Discussing ‘bomb threats as a denial-of-service attack’

Threats plaguing university spark discussion about ‘security theater’

Hospitals seeing more patient data breaches

Survey says breach problems originate from mobile devices more often

Judge tells Megaupload, other groups to work out server maintenance

Lawyers for Megaupload, the DOJ, the Web hosting company and other groups need to find a compromise, judge says

Upcoming Firefox click-to-play feature will stop automated plug-in exploits

Mozilla plans to give Firefox users more control over the plug-in-based content displayed in their browsers

Apple delivers Flashback malware hunter-killer

Third Java update in 9 days arrives as Apple scrambles to protect Mac users

UK police arrest two over anti-terrorist hotline prank calls

Asked if he is British, one prank caller replied, 'I don't brush my teeth. I like tea. I'm from the U.K.'

Weak passwords still the downfall of enterprise security

A pet's name or a favorite movie just isn't enough

Creepy: FBI wants to “advance the science of interrogation”

FBI group looking to develop better ways to interrogate high-profile bad guys

Ransomware prevents Windows from starting by replacing the master boot record

Ransomware asks users to pay up before letting them start Windows