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RSS SasserSasser virus writer trial date set
News A German court has set aside three days in July to try the teenager accused of creating the Sasser worm. Authorities have said that Jaschan has confessed to creating and releasing both Sasser and several... [01 Jun 2005]
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 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]
Sasser teen charged as 143 victims come forward
News Sven Jaschan, the 18-year-old said to be behind two of the internet's most widespread viruses - Sasser and Netsky - is to be charged by the German police. Despite recent fears that virus writers and spammers were teaming... [09 Sep 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]
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]
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]
Sasser virus writer admits guilt in trial
News Sven Jaschan, the German teenager accused of writing the Sasser virus, is standing trial today, a year after he was arrested and admitted to writing the damaging worm which caused havoc for many businesses and... [05 Jul 2005]
Sasser writer free to return to his job
News The German 19-year-old who wrote the Sasser email virus, which caused havoc and huge financial damage to businesses worldwide last year, has escaped serious punishment. Earlier this week, silicon.com heard from one... [08 Jul 2005]
Cost 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]
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]
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]
Microsoft's Sasser bounty hangs on conviction
News Sven Jaschan, the alleged author of the Sasser worm and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged this week by German police, but the informant who led authorities to the suspect will have to wait for a promised... [13 Sep 2004]
Security firm hires teenage Sasser virus writer
News The teenage virus writer arrested for writing the Sasser worm has been offered a job - at a security firm. Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus... [20 Sep 2004]
Firms divided over Sasser virus writer's IT job offer
News The 18-year-old virus writer facing criminal charges for creating the Sasser worm has been offered a job by a German IT security firm, a move that divided the opinion of security industry experts at Gartner's IT Security... [22 Sep 2004]
