Sasser
RSS SasserTeen admits eBay domain name hijack
News In May this year another teenager from Lower Saxony was arrested on suspicion of creating the Sasser computer worm that infected millions of computers worldwide. The case against the Sasser suspect is... [07 Sep 2004]
3,300 new viruses hit computers
News According to the Trend Micro World Wide Tracking Centre, Sasser was the most prevalent virus in August with 325,409 victims and made up nearly 31 per cent of infections in the August top 10 virus list. [07 Sep 2004]
Virus writers shouldn't get off so easy
Comment A $5 million reward fund created by Microsoft has had better luck, nabbing a Sasser suspect in May. So, says Declan McCullagh, the individuals who create these menaces should at least get the same types of punishments as... [18 Aug 2004]
2004 has become the year of the computer virus
News The first six months of the year have been characterised by a number of big-name viruses - most notably Sasser and huge number of Netsky variants. Sasser has accounted for more than a quarter (26.1 per... [30 Jul 2004]
Symantec doubles up on results
News Symantec owed much of its success to its consumer offering, with the impact of Sasser proving to be a major factor in boosting its figures. At the earnings call, John Thompson, CEO of Symantec said:... [22 Jul 2004]
Microsoft hooks up with anti-phishers
News Dell has announced an education programme for its customers, and Microsoft is running a cash prize programme to reward people for providing information about writers of malicious software, like Sasser. [22 Jul 2004]
Zafi top threat as Netsky nuisance persists
News Sasser is also lingering in the list of top 10 reported viruses, and Bagle and Sober are also present with one iteration each, but it is the continued spread and proliferation of Netsky that is cause for the greatest... [01 Jul 2004]
Renegade program stealing passwords at banking sites
News In April, security experts warned that 'bot networks' - large networks of zombified home PCs - are a greater threat than high-profile worms such as Sasser and MSBlast, because they could be used to steal financial... [30 Jun 2004]
Sasser grass in the frame as virus accomplice
News The man who shopped the suspected author of the Sasser virus has himself fallen under suspicion of being involved in malware-making. Along with four others, the man is now under investigation by German authorities,... [17 Jun 2004]
Microsoft game for plugging two security flaws
News Microsoft released patches for a score of flaws in mid-April, but the fixes did not prevent the Sasser computer worm, released to the internet 17 days later, from spreading. The latest flaws can't be used by attackers to... [09 Jun 2004]
Sasser dominates virus infections
News The Sasser worm dominated virus charts for May, accounting for more than half the infection incidences reported during the month. Carole Theriault, security consultant at Sophos, said: "Sasser was the... [03 Jun 2004]
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News The worm originally spread via IRC and file-sharing networks such as Kazaa and LimeWire but has been modified to automatically replicate in a similar way to the Sasser and MSBlast worms. The arrest comes just weeks after... [27 May 2004]
New Bobax worm copies Sasser exploit
News Bobax, which was discovered on Sunday, uses the same Microsoft security vulnerability as the fast-spreading Sasser worm, but it looks to be slower. It's attacking systems that are already vulnerable to... [20 May 2004]
AOL claims one billion virus emails blocked
News This year has also been a busy one for virus writers, who this month released Sasser and Wallon. AOL says it's blocked more than one billion virus-infected emails since launching a screening program in April 2003. [17 May 2004]
Virus warning: Dabber picks up Sasser's scraps
News Computers compromised by the Sasser worm may be vulnerable to a scavenging program that exploits a flaw in the software left behind by the worm, a security researcher said Thursday. If somebody does get it, they probably... [14 May 2004]
