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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. Hell, you knew it was coming. by Tuxedo+Jack · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If the process is hidden, the Warden can't pick up on it, right?

    So hypothetically, ANY rootkit could be used to hide processes - HackerDefender and the others out there would do the job nicely.

    Of course, the other edge of the sword is that you don't know just what _else_ is hiding... unless you wrote and compiled the rootkit yourself using your home-brewed compiler.

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  2. Re:Just goes to show.. by networkBoy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because now Blizzard (hopefully) will sue Sony for some DMCA violation on breaking their game security device :-)
    [/wishful thinking]
    -nB

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  3. I pray for the day by sammy+baby · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I now live in hope for the day that a bunch of the corporations pushing for invasive DRM like Blizzard's Warden and Sony's whatever-it's-called sue each other under the DMCA for circumventing each others technologies, instead of suing us for trying to crawl out from under them.

  4. Re:Next fun hack? by harrkev · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about using Sony's rootkit to hide Alcohol 120%. Does this work?

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