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• Teenager admits writing Sasser worm

  A German teenager has pleaded guilty to creating the Sasser computer virus.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

  Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.

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• 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.

• Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

  Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.

• A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

  Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

• Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

  A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

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