Sasser Worm
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Newest Sasser worm a greater danger
News The Sasser.B worm, which appeared on the Internet 24 hours after the original, has spread much more quickly, infecting at least 10,000 computers over the weekend, Symantec says.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout
News A researcher warns that a hybrid worm could be spun off Sasser, as companies are told to include the money spent cleaning up of such attacks in the cost of owning technology.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public
News Program showing how to use flaw in Windows' handling of graphics files hits the Net--back up your family photos and beware.
Tags: windows alerts
All quiet on the Conficker front. Now what?
News Just because Conficker has been quiet doesn't mean it won't act in the future, turning unsuspecting PCs into spam-sending drones or stealthily stealing passwords, experts say.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, David Perry, Sasser worm, Graham Cluley
New Sasser variant indicates copycat
News The worm reappears as Sasser.F, even after the arrest of a teenager suspected of writing the original.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Microsoft: Sasser bounty hinges on conviction
News Person who fingered alleged author of virus must cool heels while waiting for cool quarter-million-dollar reward.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Sasser variants pose greater danger
Insight Three new versions of the Sasser worm spread much more quickly than the original, infecting at least 500,000 computers.
Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer
News The suspected author of the Agobot program was arrested by German police the same day they nabbed the alleged writer of the Sasser worm. Microsoft says "two different paths led to two different cases."
Tags: Hacking, Viruses and worms
Netsky authors possibly penned Sasser
News The programmers who created the latest variant of Netsky claim to be the authors of Sasser--and evidence from the code supports their assertion.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Microsoft patches new Windows flaw
News The software company says the security hole, which could enable an attacker to remotely execute malicious code, poses an "important" risk.
Tags: Network security, Microsoft Windows
Sasser author gets suspended sentence
News Court passes sentence on German teen who admitted creating the worm that wreaked havoc in thousands of PCs.
Tags: PC security, Viruses and worms
Sasser.a and Sasser.b prevention and cure
Insight How to rid yourself of the two slithering worms that wrecked havoc on Windows systems last weekend, Sasser.a and Sasser.b.
Worm feeds on Sasser-infected computers
News Computers compromised by the Sasser worm may be vulnerable to a scavenging program that exploits a flaw in the software left behind by the worm, a security researcher warns.
Tags: Viruses and worms
New worm's got sass, but not much else
News The latest worm could spread widely, but security experts believe that computer users got lucky because the program is poorly coded.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Sasser keeps squirming into homes, businesses
News The various Sasser worms continue to wriggle into computers, hitting home users hard while affecting companies to a lesser degree than previous worms, said security experts.
Tags: Personal Computers, Viruses and worms
