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

Re:You're on to something there.

[gandhi_2]

So a possible infection becomes grounds for the government to seize your property so it can be "cleaned"?

Here's an idea: if your computer is under attack from someone's compromised computer. It's your responsibility to defend yourself with technological and litigious means as you deem necessary. If your computer is being used to attack someone else, it is your legal responsibility to stop it. If you are an ISP, just disconnect offenders until they can prove they are clean.

Re:So you are sued and lose your house.

[MadMidnightBomber]

I love the smell of bitter conservatives in the morning. It smells like... victory.