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  • Author leaves warning in latest Sasser worm

    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.

  • Microsoft: Sasser bounty hinges on conviction

    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 $250,000 reward, Microsoft officials said Friday.

  • Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

    Microsoft's US$5 million fund for rewarding informants for leads on virus attacks has snagged its first success with the arrest of a man in Germany who has confessed to the release of the Sasser worm, the software giant said Saturday.

  • New Sasser variant indicates copycat script kiddie

    A new version of the Sasser worm has appeared after the arrest of a teenager suspected of writing the original - but it will not be much of a threat to users who have already patched their systems.

  • Sasser author gets suspended sentence

    A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm.

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