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Blizzard's Warden Thwarted by Sony's DRM Rootkit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-openness-matters dept.

shotfeel writes "First, news of Warden -a bit of code from Blizzard's WoW to trounce game cheats. Then, a Sony rootkit to make your computer safe for music. Now, news that you can use the Sony rootkit to make your game cheats safe from the Warden."

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  1. Sony owns Everquest by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coincidence, or conspiracy? Hrmm...

  2. Hmmmm, are you scratching your beard? by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    You anti-DRM, pro-cheating and stealing hippies must be really conflicted on this one.

    1. Re:Hmmmm, are you scratching your beard? by WeeLad · · Score: 5, Funny
      Not nessecarily. Right and wrong hasen't changed any.

      ...but now two wrongs can make a right. I think someone said it's like multiplying negative numbers or something. If you do it right, you'll get a positive.

      -(Sony Rootkit) X -(The Warden) = -(Cheating) ... hmmm, I think I must've messed up the math.

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  3. Now can we have a lawsuit? by rovingeyes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please somebody...anybody!

  4. Yup... definitely works by kneecarrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have definitely thwarted Warden. I just created a 13th level unicorn, ate all the remaining rhubarb in the forest, and killed the White Wizard with an AK-47. NICE!

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    1. Re:Yup... definitely works by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 4, Funny
      Remember kids, AK-47s don't kill White Wizards, Unicorns do.

      Never thought I'd get a chance to say that again!

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    2. Re:Yup... definitely works by Flying+Over+Trout · · Score: 2, Funny

      Neither. The White Wizard is Robert Byrd of course.

    3. Re:Yup... definitely works by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Never thought I'd get a chance to say that again!

      Again?!

  5. Re:Just goes to show.. by rob_squared · · Score: 5, Funny
    Because it helps the cheater WIN! Silly!

    Wait a minute...

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  6. This post has no content but by Verteiron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one who finds this amusing? I mean... wow. Whatever monkey at Sony that approved this scheme must be soiling their armor by now.

    And that the first (known) exploit of this thing should be a game cheat. The world is a strange place; Sony has made it just a bit stranger.

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  7. $sys$Warcraft and Sony Suxorz$sys$ by sweetnjguy29 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm...it didn't work.

  8. Not bad, by Vengeance · · Score: 4, Funny

    But it would be better if Warden was a product of Sony Online Entertainment, and it was used to protect Star Wars Galaxies. THAT would have made my day.

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  9. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  10. Time for the whore-off by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    In this corner, the spammers, with thier root for zombies to spam you with...

    In this corner, the DRM people, making sure you don't listen to any music you paid for.

    And in this corner, the 1337 gamer d00ds, making sure you have to buy it on ebay instead of getting it yourself.

    And there is the bell... wait, they don't appear to be fighting... why are they taking off their clothes... what is the Sony guy doing to the spammer... they appear to be... oh my, that's just not right... this fight is called on account of an orgy breaking out...

    Meanwhile...

    Enjoy the nice cozy comfort of your OSX and Linux boxes :)

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  11. I wonder how complete the irony is? by idontgno · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't play Sony's EQ2, but aren't there cheater progs for that? And doesn't EQ2 have memory- and registry-based cheater scans? Wouldn't the tasties irony in the situation be a Sony software product defeating cheat-detection in a Sony game?

    Yes, the software industry is the best way of fulfill the Recommended Daily Allowance for irony.

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  12. Re:did /. just dupe ME?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    did /. just dupe ME?!

    Depends.. Do you live in Soviet Russia?

  13. Re:Just goes to show.. by Jonny_eh · · Score: 4, Funny

    On what grounds? "Their rootkit broke our rootkit!"

    Ugly, ugly.

  14. GLOWING BRIGHTWOOD STAVES FOR ALL by erik+umenhofer · · Score: 1, Funny

    booo!
    glowing brightwood staves for none!
    boooo!
    glowing brightwood staves for some, miniature American flags for the others!
    YAY!

  15. Next fun hack? by Chordonblue · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try and get Sony's DRM to interfere with DVD protection. RIAA Vs. MPAA... FIGHT!

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  16. Re:Just goes to show.. by Stripe7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just love that post by the guy who wants ISO's of the CD so they can use the rootkit. Now SONY will now have their entire product pirated not for the content they are trying to protect but for the content protection system they chose to employ! ROFL

  17. Profit line by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny

    1: Install WoW.
    2: Install Sony Music CD.
    3: Install Cheat Hacks.
    4: Win at WoW.
    5: Profit!
    6: Discover that Sony RookKit drops frame rate to unacceptable levels.
    7: Buy new AMD64 gaming system.
    8: Discover that game gold no good in the real world.
    9: Profit^-1.

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  18. Can You See Me? by $sys$SomeWOWHacker · · Score: 2, Funny

    f*ck. Back to the drawing board. :(

  19. Re:Just goes to show.. by IAmTheDave · · Score: 3, Funny

    $sys$ass_banger_asian_big_tits.asf

    hmm...

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  20. Two Great Tastes! by blueZhift · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of the old Reeses commercials...

    Sony: Hey! Your spyware's in my rootkit!

    Blizzard: Your rootkit's in my spyware!

    User (taking a bite): Mmmm, now that's good computing! So liberating...

    Announcer Don Pardo: Two great tastes that go together.

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  21. Re:Just goes to show.. by w3weasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just as McDonalds hamburgers aren't made for the purpose of causing childrent to be obese, and McDonalds coffee is not sold for the causing 3rd degree burns... but look how the courts went on that one.

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  22. link please by AnonymousBystander · · Score: 2, Funny

    so, anyone willing to share a bit of their rootkit?
    I want the rootkit but having to buy a protected CD just for the rootkit is too much =(

    by the way, wouldn't it be legal to redistribute the rootkit by itself?
    Since I don't think it is in the EULA ...

  23. Re:Just goes to show.. by Wellspring · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good or bad depends on your point of view, of course.

    Hilarious irony, however, appears to be a universal constant.

  24. Can we use this to cheat on Everquest 2? by __aazuyo6398 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not that I play that game, but I'd REALLY laugh if people started cheating at EQ2 with sony's own crap rootkit!

  25. I NAME THEE... by macshune · · Score: 4, Funny

    mootkit.

    noun: software program that interferes with another software program's attempt to interfere with the actions of a given user.
    symnonyms: see windows, et al

  26. Re:Just goes to show.. by ikkonoishi · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact, Warden has a greater chance of violating the DMCA since it could access memory that contains copyrighted material after the DRM system has decrypted the work. Luckily the primary design purpose of Warden is also not copyright infringement.


    Yet. Turnabout however is fair play.

    I can see it now.

    Blizzard:Those DRM bastards want to make it easier to cheat on our games. Lets include a P2P music sharing client into our next release!
    Player:Hey... WTF? Did that monster just drop a Metalica CD?
  27. Re:Let's bash Sony by Pinback · · Score: 2, Funny

    So create a slashdot story with 'WoW!Inmate' in the title, and any WoW player who reads it will get banned? Sounds like an easy sploit.

  28. Re:Just goes to show.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is the Internet. You can say "bitch" here.