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Microsoft offers $250,000 Rustock botnet bounty

...two informers $250,000 for help in finding the originator of the Sasser Worm. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs and reviews delivered... Read more

19 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Teenager admits writing Sasser worm

Sven Jaschen's handiwork caused havoc worldwide, yet at least one security expert hopes he doesn't end up behind bars Read more

5 July, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Sasser worm author arrested in Germany

German police have arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of creating the Sasser computer worm, believed to be one of the Internet's costliest outbreaks of sabotage Read more

9 May, 2004 by Reuters

Sasser's heirs spread slowly

...the security company said. The LSASS vulnerability was also used by the Sasser worm, F-Secure said in its advisory. Microsoft issued a patch for... Read more

18 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

Sasser's author escapes prison

...because Jaschan was a minor at the time of the crime. The Sasser worm and its six known variants started spreading in May 2004 and... Read more

11 July, 2005 by Joris Evers

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...09/2004 A teenage German hacker, currently on trial for creating the Sasser worm and also believed to be behind Netsky, has been hired by... Read more

24 September, 2004

New Sasser variant indicates copycat script kiddie

A new variant of the Sasser worm has appeared, even though the worm's author was arrested in... Read more

11 May, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Viruses can be tamed - by upgrading users' brains

...of mass mailing viruses -- such as LoveBug and Melissa were introduced. The Sasser worm is spreading quickly, automatically infecting Windows systems that are not protected... Read more

4 May, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Second Sasser spreads faster

A newer, better-built version of the Sasser worm has boosted the infectiousness of the original, spreading to more than... Read more

4 May, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto and Robert Lemos
1999-2009: The tech decade in perspective

1999-2009: The tech decade in perspective

...of 2004 started on 30 April, with disruption caused by the virulent Sasser worm, which targeted vulnerable Windows 2000 and XP systems and spread without... Read more

30 December, 2009 by Toby Wolpe
Why you should care about the Conficker worm

Why you should care about the Conficker worm

...widespread distribution of a worm since about 2004" — which is when the Sasser worm came out. That worm was believed to have infected as many... Read more

27 March, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Tsunami 'hacker' finds new job in security scene

...teenager who had been charged – and was subsequently convicted – of writing the Sasser worm. Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, acknowledged... Read more

11 November, 2005 by Dan Ilett and Graeme Wearden

Saddam used as worm lure

...by using the Microsoft LSASS vulnerability, the same flaw used by the Sasser worm to spread in record time. The vulnerability was reported 10 months... Read more

4 February, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Europe's email to get VeriSign security

...of the most notable threats to come out of Europe was the Sasser worm. Its author, German teenager Sven Jaschan, is awaiting trial in the... Read more

3 February, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...09/2004 A teenage German hacker, currently on trial for creating the Sasser worm and also believed to be behind Netsky, has been hired by... Read more

24 September, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

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