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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.'
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.
THL phish sticks
Brick every computer affected? Are you stupid?
What if it's a hospital network that you just destroyed? Traffic light controls? Hell, anything?
What if the code to remove the botnet isn't perfect? What if it targets innocent system?
This is exactly the reason vigilantes shouldn't be allowed under any circumstance. Once you hold no regard for the law, anarchy reigns.
It involved voting for Obama. (worst idea of the week for several running now)
I love the smell of bitter conservatives in the morning. It smells like... victory.
"It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."