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more on Sony uses rootkit as DRM on its CDs
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:19:23 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Denis Russell <D.M.Russell () ncl ac uk> Date: November 5, 2005 5:28:16 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Sony uses rootkit as DRM on its CDs Dave, Re:
From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay () pobox com> Date: November 1, 2005 7:02:31 AM ESTvia boingboing, an interesting (not to mention anger-inducing) story of how the DRM on a Sony CD installed a rootkit on a customer's PC: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital- rights.html
A colleague has pointed me to the following "lebverage" of Sony's generous efforts::
"World of Warcraft hackers using Sony BMG rootkit Published: 2005-11-03Want to cheat in your online game and not get caught? Just buy a Sony BMG copy protected CD. World of Warcraft hackers have confirmed that the hiding capabilities of Sony BMG's content protection software can make tools made for cheating in the online world impossible to detect. The software-- deemed a "rootkit" by many security experts--is shipped with tens of thousands of the record company's music titles.
..." See http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34 Denis. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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