Sasser
RSS SasserCost of Sasser is $500m and counting…
News The cost of the Sasser virus to business worldwide is thought to be as much as $500m - and that's before the latest version version of the worm (Sasser.f) has really got going, according to consulting... [12 May 2004]
Microsoft patches new Windows flaw
News The announcement of the flaw comes as Microsoft works to battle the outbreak of the Sasser worm and its variants. The software giant has been touting the arrest of a German teenager believed responsible for... [12 May 2004]
Microsoft bounty snares second virus writer
News The coder was captured on Friday, the same day that an 18-year-old man, also a resident of Germany, was arrested for creating all five versions of the Sasser worm. The two arrests possibly put into custody the creators... [11 May 2004]
Latest Sasser variant encourages users to patch
News Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year-old man who confessed to being the Sasser worm's author. The latest... [11 May 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Microsoft's virus bounty
Cheat Sheet Microsoft has offered a bounty on information leading to the arrests of virus writers worldwide and this weekend the initiative ensnared its first catch - the writer of the Sasser virus. In the case of the... [10 May 2004]
Leader: Microsoft bounty pays dividends
Leader The writer of the Sasser worm which caused so much disruption last week was arrested over the weekend in Germany and now several individuals, reportedly from the same region of the country, are left with the enviable... [10 May 2004]
Sasser-Netksy hybrid next step for malware writers?
News As Microsoft sees 1.5 million download Sasser clean-up [07 May 2004]
Sasser update: Home users right in the firing line
News As many as 80 per cent of those infected by the Sasser virus were home users and students, according to antivirus firm McAfee. The Sasser worm is estimated to have as many as one million systems,... [06 May 2004]
Security firms show united front
News Small businesses' need for internet security has never been greater, based on the rapid proliferation of viruses such as the Sasser worm, which started spreading in the past week and has infected an estimated 500,000 to... [06 May 2004]
Virus update: Sasser grounds BA as hype takes hold
News The Sasser worm continues to cause problems for computer users worldwide and has claimed more big names - such as British Airways and investment bank Goldman Sachs. Simon Perry, divisional vice president of security... [05 May 2004]
Sasser 'not our fault' says Microsoft
News The UK coastguard service lost the use of its computers and database-driven services for several hours after being hit by the Sasser virus - despite the fact a patch has been available for two weeks and further warnings... [04 May 2004]
'Dangerous' Sasser variants already on the loose
News Three new versions of the Sasser worm boosted the infectiousness of the original, spreading to about 500,000 computers by Monday, according to security researchers. Like the original worm, the three new programs -... [04 May 2004]
Netsky virus writers claim to be behind Sasser worm
News The unknown team of programmers who created the latest variant of the Netsky virus claim to be the authors of the Sasser worm - and researchers have found evidence that supports that assertion. The ribbing at antivirus... [04 May 2004]
Sasser worm infects a million computer systems
News Like astronomers looking at a small portion of the universe to learn about the whole, security researchers have used the Sasser worm's impact on their local networks to extrapolate how far the worm has spread throughout... [04 May 2004]
