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Teenage kicks bear no comparison to gangster hits
Leader Well, in the case of Sven Jaschan, creator of the Sasser virus, you give him a suspended sentence and community service - a decision that has split the IT community. What kind of message is sent to today's virus writers if young Sven skips off into...
[July 11, 2005, 15:10]
Sasser's author escapes prison
Talkback Sven Jaschan should appeal and if he wins he should be able to claim millions in compensation. It's about time people recognised just how much work and effort Sven put into screwwing up millions of computers worldwide.
[July 11, 2005, 15:14]
Mortyr 2 demo
Downloads Set during World War II, the game follow British intelligence officer Sven Mortyr, who is sent to his Nordic homeland to investigate rumors of an enemy superweapon. Sven is horrified to find his own father has been forced to work on the unit, and...
[September 25, 2004, 4:43]
Extended ERP: The path of least resistance?
News That's certainly the experience of Sven Christiansen, a small office furniture manufacturer based in the West Midlands. In the three years that Sven Christiansen has been using Axapta the product has improved dramatically, says Brown, and the...
[December 12, 2003, 11:10]
GL4Java
Downloads GL4Java was originally written by Sven Goethel of JauSoft for Unix and Windows. GL4Java is a shared library that enables Java programs to access OpenGL. I simply ported it to Macintosh.
[April 4, 2000, 8:00]
Video: Looking ahead to CeBIT 2007
News Dr Sven Prüser, senior vice president of CeBIT, discusses some of the highlights to look forward to at this year's show.
[December 4, 2006, 15:31]
Sasser's author escapes prison
News In addition, 19-year-old Sven Jaschan has to complete 30 hours of community service while on probation, the court in Verden, Germany, said in a statement. A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the...
[July 11, 2005, 9:25]
Securepoint's hacker hire costs partnership
News A German antivirus company has stopped trading with its firewall manufacturing partner Securepoint because the firewall firm has employed virus writer Sven Jaschan. H+BEDV Datentechnik confirmed on Monday it had halted cooperation with Securepoint...
[November 15, 2004, 12:55]
Would you hire a hacker?
News Firewall company Securepoint has offered Sven Jaschan, who is reported to be responsible for more than 70 percent of viruses in the first half of this year, a position because of his abilities, according to press reports.
[September 21, 2004, 17:05]
MyDoom.Y baffles antivirus firms
News A new version of the Internet worm MyDoom includes a photo of Netsky worm writer Sven Jaschan and a description of the worm itself. In the latest bizarre twist in the worm's development, authors included a detailed account of what MyDoom.Y does and...
[September 16, 2004, 11:55]
Sun demos Java app for next-generation phones
News At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Ken Russell and Sven Gothel of Sun explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to mobile phones.
[May 14, 2008, 16:39]
Security firm hires teenager accused of writing Sasser virus
News Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for writing the Sasser worm, could be about to start work with German firewall company Securepoint.
[September 20, 2004, 14:20]
Teenager admits writing Sasser worm
News Sven Jaschen was just 17 when he released Sasser, in April 2004. A German teenager has pleaded guilty to creating the Sasser computer virus. The original worm and its variants infected countless thousands of Windows-based PCs worldwide - in May...
[July 5, 2005, 17:35]
Sasser bounty hangs on conviction, says Microsoft
News Sven Jaschan, the alleged author of the Sasser worm and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged last week by German police, but the informant who led authorities to the suspect will have to wait for a promised $250,000 (£140,000) reward...
[September 13, 2004, 8:15]
One virus writer 'responsible for 70 percent of infections'
News Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month malware round-up published by antivirus firm Sophos on Wednesday.
[July 28, 2004, 17:35]
World's largest tech show still relevant
News Dr Sven Prüser, senior vice president of CeBIT, told ZDNet UK that telematics, service-oriented architecture (SOA), security and Microsoft's Vista operating system will be high on the agenda at the show, which will take place in Hanover from 15-21...
[December 4, 2006, 15:37]
Future of the environment is in the smartcards
News UK product consultantcy Design Stream has teamed up with identity specialist Sven Vogel to develop the Emissary card concept. A technological advancement in smartcards - which resemble credit cards, but contain an embedded microprocessor - could...
[August 4, 2006, 10:15]
All change at CeBIT
News But 2008 will be different, as the event undertakes a "180° shift in focus", in line with changing market dynamics, says Sven Prüser, CeBIT's senior vice president. CeBIT is changing. The IT trade show first opened its doors in Hanover, northern...
[March 12, 2007, 11:47]
Netscape and Mozilla leak Web surfing data
News Researcher Sven Neuhaus, who published a security alert about the issue to the Bugtraq mailing list on Wednesday, said he had confirmed the bug in Mozilla 1.0, 1.0.1 and 1.1, though it probably also exists in older Mozilla versions.
[September 13, 2002, 16:32]
New Netsky variant appears from Korea
News The original Netsky was written by Sven Jaschan, who was said to be responsible for 70 percent of all virus infections in the first half of this year, according to antivirus firm Sophos. Antivirus researchers have discovered a new version of the...
[October 22, 2004, 11:40]
