Neowin News Feed for: Sasser

Accused Sasser Worm Author Confesses in Court

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:29:13 +0000

Sven Jaschan, a 19 year old man on trial for authoring the Sasser Worm, has reportedly confessed to writing the malicious code which caused extensive damage to business and personal data all over the world,... Read more...

Trial Date for Sasser Worm Suspect Set

Tue, 31 May 2005 22:11:42 +0000

A German court has set aside three days in July to try the teenager that was accused of creating the Sasser worm. 19-year-old Sven Jaschan faces numerous charges including computer sabotage and disruption of business.... Read more...

Sasser Worm Author Hired By Computer Security Firm

Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:19:35 +0000

Eighteen-year-old Sven Jaschan, the teen accused of creating the Sasser worm that infected millions of computers around the world, has been taken on by the Securepoint computer firm based in Lueneburg, northern Germany. There, he... Read more...

Sasser author also had a hand in Half Life 2 Code theft?

Mon, 17 May 2004 19:40:23 +0000

Thanks LOC; Seems the German police really did pluck a major player from the scene... "Last week the German police arrested the creator of the Sasser worm. It received less coverage, but nearly... Read more...

Sasser (A-F) Worm Removal Tool (KB841720) v4.0

Wed, 12 May 2004 07:46:06 +0000

This tool will help to remove the Sasser (A-F) worm from infected systems. Once the tool has run—after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted—it automatically checks for infection and removes any of the targeted... Read more...

Sasser (A-E) Worm Removal Tool (KB841720) v3.0

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 May 2004 09:03:15 +0000

This tool will help to remove the Sasser (A-E) worm from infected systems. Once the tool has run—after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted—it automatically checks for infection and removes any of the targeted... Read more...

Sasser suspect arrested in Germany

Sat, 08 May 2004 10:17:27 +0000

An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of creating the Sasser internet worm, police say. The worm spread through an estimated 18 million computers across the world last week, continually... Read more...

Sasser (A-D) Worm Removal Tool (KB841720)

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 May 2004 19:36:54 +0000

This tool will help to remove the Sasser (A-D) worm from infected systems. Once the tool has run—after the End-User License Agreement (EULA) is accepted—it automatically checks for infection and removes any of the targeted... Read more...

Sasser creates European pandemonium

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 May 2004 19:08:36 +0000

There may have been no major outages for UK businesses as a result of the Sasser worm, according to Microsoft UK, but it caused significant problems in continental Europe. According to Finnish news reports the... Read more...

Sasser worm begins to spread

Sat, 01 May 2004 19:50:28 +0000

A worm, dubbed Sasser by antivirus firms, was spreading slowly throughout the Internet on Saturday, taking advantage of a vulnerability in unpatched Windows systems to infect new hosts. The Sasser worm began spreading Friday... Read more...