Tag Archive for: Level

Report: Stuxnet Hit 5 Gateway Targets on Its Way to Iranian Plant (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Report: Stuxnet Hit 5 Gateway Targets on Its Way to Iranian Plant  —  Graphic showing clusters of Stuxnet infections during targeted attacks launched in 2009 and 2010.  Courtesy of Symantec.  —  Attackers behind the Stuxnet computer worm focused on targeting five organizations in Iran …

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Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony (David Kravets/Threat Level)

David Kravets / Threat Level:
Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony  —  Hacker George Hotz must surrender his computer gear to Sony next week  —  The lawyer representing a hacker who published the first major PlayStation 3 jailbreak on the internet said Sunday he would challenge …

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A tool bar in Internet Explorer shows the security level of my computer as 4 for 10. How can I increase this?

I like to know whether this is normal or I have to increase my computer’s security level. What I must do to increase the security level?

Google DoubleClick Caught Serving Malicious Ad (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Google DoubleClick Caught Serving Malicious Ad  —  DoubleClick, the Google-owned ad technology, has been distributing malware in an online ad served through a number of websites, according to the security researcher who says he discovered the attack.  —  The malware infects users who visit …

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