Sony DRM Installs a Rootkit?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 31, 2005 @11:04AM from the slice-of-privacy-pie dept.

An anonymous read writes "SysInternals.com guru Mark Russinovich has a detailed investigation of a rootkit from Sony Music. It's installed with a DRM-encumbered music CD, Van Zant's "Get Right with the Man". (Mmmm, delicious irony!) The rootkit introduces several security holes into the system that could be exploited by others, such as hiding any executable file that starts with '$sys$'. Russinovich also identifies several programming bugs in the method it uses to hook system calls, and chronicles the painful steps he had to take to 'exorcise the daemon' from his system." This house is clear.

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Sack? by CyricZ · 2005-10-31 14:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Sack" as in fire him, or "sack" as in punch him square in the scrotum?

Frankly, I think he needs the punch before being fired.

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Buy from allofmp3.com by superbam · 2005-11-01 07:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No DRM. Whatever format you want. http://www.allofmp3.com/

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