Storm Worm botnet meets its match

Georg Wicherski, Tillmann Werner, Felix Leder and Mark Schlösser have developed software which they have partially disclosed claiming that they can rapidly eliminate the Storm Worm botnet.

However, there is a problem with this discovery. The team has not yet tested this on a real Storm Worm botnet because it might face legal issues in doing so.

Although legal issues would only come up if someone complained, which no one likely would, they are still unable at present to go ahead with eliminating the botnet.