Storm Worm Botnet "Cracked Wide Open"

Heise Security reports that a 'team of researchers from Bonn University and RWTH Aachen University have analysed the notorious Storm Worm botnet, and concluded it certainly isn't as invulnerable as it once seemed. Quite the reverse, for in theory it can be rapidly eliminated using software developed and at least partially disclosed by Georg Wicherski, Tillmann Werner, Felix Leder and Mark Schlösser. However it seems in practice the elimination process would fall foul of the law.'

Comments

Diseases

[gmuslera]

Those people (computers) are sick, even they would be scared if you tell them so, and very willing to take a vaccine. So, what if you do that without telling all of them?

Can be seen from other point of view. The botnet is already there. Is taking orders already from people definately should not be trusted. What if someone that possibly could be trusted to add some extra order in that process?

In the other hand, the botnet owners could decide that will be better to erase the evidence (and the infected people machines in the process) and put the blame on the ones that announced that will clean that mess.. and of course, start a new botnet in new machines without that vulnerability, lowering profits for a while but feeling untouchables after.

Law

[dimethylxanthine]

process would fall foul of the law

Slovakia is about, if not already launched its only nuclear reactor which has been gathering (radioactive?) dust since the Soviet Era, which technically goes against their EU membership agreements.

But it's sure better than freezing to death without Russian gas... imo.

RWTH Aachen

[Arancaytar]

Hey cool, that's where I studied! :D