Neowin News Feed for: Suspect

Estonian hold suspect over 'cyber-attacks'

Mon, 07 May 2007 01:26:12 +0000

Police have arrested a 19-year-old Tallinn resident suspected of involvement in a wave of attacks against Estonian computer servers. Many government web sites in Estonia have been forced to shut down during the past week... 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...

MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:01:47 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson today pleaded guilt to creating the "MSBlast" variant "MSBlast.B", which caused so may problems for computer users. For those who don't remember the original Blaster worm exploited the DCOM RPC vulnerability... Read more...

Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works at Microsoft

Fri, 09 Jul 2004 17:52:51 +0000

Last week a man charged with stealing proprietary technology from AltaVista search engine two years was arrested. No big deal right, well this man also is an employee at Microsoft and has been working... 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...

MSBlast suspect pleads not guilty

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:06:05 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen suspected of creating a variant of the destructive MSBlast worm, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court in Seattle to one count of causing damage to a computer. ... Read more...

Hacker suspect nabbed at Net security show

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 05 May 2003 14:49:09 +0000

British police have arrested a man suspected of hacking into high-profile corporate Web sites and defacing them with a distinct digital calling card: a "fluffy" pink bunny rabbit. New Scotland Yard said... Read more...

Suspect spousal infidelity? GPS her!

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 03:29:19 +0000

In a rambling building that overlooks a freeway in San Diego, a bank of computers monitors the travels of trucks carrying hazardous materials, making sure they don't go anywhere near such landmarks as the White... Read more...

Suspect claims Al Qaeda hacked MS!

Wed, 19 Dec 2001 02:53:52 +0000

Thanks, GJ de Bruijn for this news :D A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist network claimed that Islamic militants infiltrated Microsoft and sabotaged the company's Windows XP operating system, according to... Read more...

Airport Security will Deploy Suspect Face Recognition Computer

Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:23:07 +0000

Ripped from: PcWorld - News Early next year security personnel in major U.S. airports will be equipped with wearable computers, introduced at Comdex here this week, so they can instantly identify suspicious... Read more...