Microsoft: Sasser bounty hinges on conviction

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Microsoft offers bounty for arrest,
conviction of cybercriminals

Microsoft offers bounty for arrest,
conviction of cybercriminals 11/06/2003 08:51 AM
Seattle Times Nov 6 2003 7:57AM ET

Microsoft virus bounty leads to Sasser
arrest

Microsoft virus bounty leads to Sasser
arrest 05/10/2004 01:32 PM
43591A multi-million dollar Microsoft Corp. reward program to encourage people to identify computer virus writers has led to the arrest of a teenager in Germany on suspicion of writing the Sasser computer worm.

Can Microsoft bounty end viruses?

Can Microsoft bounty end viruses? 05/10/2004 04:08 PM
ZDNet May 10 2004 8:15PM GMT

Microsoft to offer bounty on hackers

Microsoft to offer bounty on hackers 11/04/2003 07:07 PM
CNET Nov 4 2003 6:28PM ET

Microsoft issues a bounty for hackers

Microsoft issues a bounty for hackers 11/06/2003 11:54 PM
Taipei Times Online Nov 6 2003 11:11PM ET

Can Microsoft bounty put paid to
viruses?

Can Microsoft bounty put paid to
viruses? 05/10/2004 01:26 PM
Microsoft claims its reward program was responsible for the arrest of the suspected author of the Sasser worm, but some experts say money alone will not clear up security problems.

Microsoft offers $500,000 virus bounty

Microsoft offers $500,000 virus bounty 11/05/2003 12:04 PM
CNN Nov 5 2003 10:23AM ET

Microsoft offers bounty on hackers

Microsoft offers bounty on hackers 11/05/2003 01:23 PM
MSNBC Nov 5 2003 12:01PM ET

Microsoft To Offer Bounty On Hackers

Microsoft To Offer Bounty On Hackers 11/05/2003 08:37 AM

Microsoft puts bounty of $250,000 on
hackers

Microsoft puts bounty of $250,000 on
hackers 11/06/2003 06:28 AM
IHT Nov 6 2003 5:51AM ET

Microsoft offers virus bounty

Microsoft offers virus bounty 11/05/2003 02:29 PM
CNN Nov 5 2003 1:09PM ET

Microsoft posts $5M virus bounty

Microsoft posts $5M virus bounty 11/05/2003 10:34 PM
CNN Nov 5 2003 10:16PM ET

Microsoft to Place Bounty on Virus
Writers

Microsoft to Place Bounty on Virus
Writers 11/05/2003 01:23 PM
New York Times Nov 5 2003 11:59AM ET

Microsoft Puts Bounty on Virus Creators

Microsoft Puts Bounty on Virus Creators 11/05/2003 07:05 PM
web ad.vantage Nov 5 2003 6:08PM ET

Microsoft bounty to disrupt virus
writers?

Microsoft bounty to disrupt virus
writers? 11/05/2003 09:24 PM
CNET Nov 5 2003 8:36PM ET

Microsoft Offers Bounty on Virus Writers

Microsoft Offers Bounty on Virus Writers 11/05/2003 10:33 PM

Microsoft offers $500,000 bounty for
virus writers

Microsoft offers $500,000 bounty for
virus writers 11/05/2003 03:36 PM
Irish Times Nov 5 2003 3:20PM ET

Microsoft to offer bounty for
information on hackers

Microsoft to offer bounty for
information on hackers 11/04/2003 11:39 PM
China Daily Nov 4 2003 11:15PM ET

Microsoft Offers A Bounty On Virus
Writers

Microsoft Offers A Bounty On Virus
Writers 11/05/2003 07:32 AM

Microsoft puts bounty on virus writers

Microsoft puts bounty on virus writers 11/05/2003 04:46 PM
ZDNet Nov 5 2003 3:41PM ET

Microsoft puts bounty on virus authors

Microsoft puts bounty on virus authors 11/06/2003 09:38 PM
San Jose Mercury News Nov 6 2003 8:55PM ET

Microsoft Offers $500,000 Bounty for
Virus Writers

Microsoft Offers $500,000 Bounty for
Virus Writers 11/05/2003 12:04 PM
Reuters Nov 5 2003 10:26AM ET

Leader: Microsoft bounty pays dividends

Leader: Microsoft bounty pays dividends 05/10/2004 07:11 AM
Silicon.com May 10 2004 11:36AM GMT

Microsoft to share $75 billion bounty
with shareholders

Microsoft to share $75 billion bounty
with shareholders 07/22/2004 08:07 AM
123Bharath.com Jul 22 2004 12:13PM GMT

Virus crackdown: Microsoft sends out the
bounty hunters

Virus crackdown: Microsoft sends out the
bounty hunters 11/05/2003 05:18 AM
Silicon.com Nov 5 2003 4:31AM ET

Microsoft to offer bounty on MSBlast,
SoBig culprits

Microsoft to offer bounty on MSBlast,
SoBig culprits 11/05/2003 04:10 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 5 2003 3:37AM ET

Microsoft Offers Bounty on Blaster,
Sobig Authors

Microsoft Offers Bounty on Blaster,
Sobig Authors 11/05/2003 03:36 PM
Techfocus Nov 5 2003 3:21PM ET

Experts, IT managers say Microsoft
should forget bounty, focus on security

Experts, IT managers say Microsoft
should forget bounty, focus on security 11/05/2003 05:57 PM
Law enforcement officials welcomed Microsoft's help, but IT experts and analysts said the company should focus on securing its software first.

Microsoft hunts Sasser author

Microsoft hunts Sasser author 05/04/2004 05:11 AM
Computer Weekly May 4 2004 9:10AM GMT

Microsoft pursuing Sasser author

Microsoft pursuing Sasser author 05/03/2004 03:21 PM
Microsoft is working with law enforcement to find the author of the Sasser worm, which first appeared on Friday and targets machines running the company's Windows operating system.

Microsoft reward snags Sasser suspect

Microsoft reward snags Sasser suspect 05/08/2004 04:05 PM
ZDNet May 8 2004 7:22PM GMT

Microsoft, Reward-Seekers Help Nab
Sasser Creator

Microsoft, Reward-Seekers Help Nab
Sasser Creator 05/08/2004 02:47 PM
Boston Globe May 8 2004 6:33PM GMT

Microsoft: Almost 1.5M download Sasser
cleanup tool

Microsoft: Almost 1.5M download Sasser
cleanup tool 05/04/2004 07:37 PM
Almost 1.5 million Windows customers downloaded a cleanup tool for the Sasser Internet worm in the first two days after Microsoft Corp. began offering the tool on Sunday, according to a Microsoft spokeswoman.

Microsoft plays role in Sasser arrest

Microsoft plays role in Sasser arrest 05/10/2004 06:04 AM
Web-User May 10 2004 9:41AM GMT

Did The Sasser Informer Play A Part In
Creating Sasser?

Did The Sasser Informer Play A Part In
Creating Sasser? 05/18/2004 03:04 PM
For all the hype about how Microsoft's bounty helped to catch the accused writer of the Sasser worm, the police are apparently now investigating whether or not the informant helped create the worm himself. This opens up a whole new set of questions about bounties. People who help each other create worms and viruses can turn around and backstab their partners for the bounty (and, of course, then be accused back by those they fingered).

Sasser.A and Sasser.B Worm Removal Tool
(KB841720)

Sasser.A and Sasser.B Worm Removal Tool
(KB841720) 05/02/2004 10:32 PM
A situation has been identified where the Sasser.A or Sasser.B worms could have infected some systems before the application of MS04-011 [KB835732]. This tool will help remove the Sasser.A and Sasser.B worms from these systems. For systems with MS04-011 [KB835732], no further action is needed once this tool is installed. Install this tool to help remove this worm from your PC.

Hinges and integration

Hinges and integration 01/07/2004 06:07 PM
At the end of the XIX century, a screw company called Stanley started selling hinges, and quickly became the largest hinge maker in the market.

Their hinges were almost the same as any other, the hinges were a mature technology, they had no price advantage, no hinge-making experience, and no manufacturing difference with the competition.

How did they do it? They packaged the screws along with the hinges. Since anyone who bought a hinge needed the screws anyway, they sold more product, and the buyer was happy because he didn´t need to find matching screws.

There´s an obvious lesson there: If the consumer always needs two products at the same time, they are not two products, they are one, and selling them together should make sense.

How can we apply that (now) obvious lesson to software development, and open development in particular?

-- Roberto Alsina

Interesting analogy, but I cannot help but suspect that the screws and hinges that Stanley made probably worked better together because they came from one source. Just like software from Microsoft is tightly integrated with the operating system and Microsoft Office. Or Apple's software is tied to their hardware.

However, Roberto has a good point. Given a base library of sufficient power and flexibility, people will not reinvent the wheel, but promote interoperatibility by sharing a common code base. This is something that PHP still needs to work on. There aren't any accepted standards for so many issues. For example, PEAR is so fruitful that it provides us with multiple templating engines and database abstraction libraries. Too fruitful perhaps?

Microsoft, law enforcement officials
pursuing Sasser author

Microsoft, law enforcement officials
pursuing Sasser author 05/03/2004 04:39 PM
Microsoft issued a statement yesterday saying it is working with the Northwest CyberCrime Taskforce to analyze malicious code in the Sasser worm and in a Trojan program called Agobot.

Microsoft announces tool to remove
Sasser Worm

Microsoft announces tool to remove
Sasser Worm 05/04/2004 01:38 PM
Sify May 4 2004 4:53PM GMT
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