Re: Sony Rootkit... If you haven't heard yet

[Steve Worona <sworona () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

See also http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php
Steve
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At 12:06 PM -0500 11/10/05, James McSawley wrote:
> Also Symantec has found a Trojan that tries to utilize the Sony Rootkit
> http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.ryknos.html
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> James McSawley
> WFUBMC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barros, Jacob [mailto:jkbarros () GRACE EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Sony Rootkit... If you haven't heard yet
>
> http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-right
> s.html
> http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaki
> ng.html
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4424254.stm