Security

HP rolls out next-gen firewall line, threat-detection service

Also: new managed security services tackle supply-chain safety and DDoS protection

‘HoneyDocs’ lays irresistible bait for hackers

The Web service is designed to let people know when hackers are snooping

Patch expert wants Ballmer to get to the bottom of buggy Windows, Office updates

Susan Bradley calls string of flawed patches 'unacceptable;' Microsoft manager argues Office updates are 'very high' quality

NSA monitored global financial transactions, report says

An NSA database, Tracfin, contained 180 million records in 2011, most of which were credit card transactions

50 million users strong, Versafe brings online fraud protection to North America

Online fraud detection and prevention provider now covering the U.S. market

Security company says Nasdaq waited two weeks to fix XSS flaw

The flaw could have been used to elicit personal details from the website's users

Sprint’s early upgrades program to launch Friday, same day as new iPhones

Carrier says its LTE network has now reached 185 cities

Microsoft updates display ‘worrisome’ decline in quality

Never-ending demands to install quartet of Office security updates is the latest in a series of missteps

Consumer ignorance drives big jump in medical ID fraud

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: WiFi is not radio communications because you can’t hear it

Google loses appeal for collecting unsecured WiFi data, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals loses logic