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Trojan Using Sony DRM Rootkit Spotted

Posted by Zonk on from the gift-from-sony-to-you dept.

Analise writes "The Register reports on the first trojan using Sony's DRM rootkit. A newly discovered variant of the Breplibot trojan makes use of the way Sony's rootkit masks files whose filenames begin with '$sys$'. This means that any files renamed this way by the trojan are effectively invisible to the average user. The malware is distributed via an email supposedly from a reputable business magazing requesting that the businessperson verify his/her attached 'picture' to be used for an upcoming issue. Once the payload is executed, the trojan then installs an IRC backdoor on affected Windows systems."

2 of 597 comments (clear)

  1. Slashdotters heads to explode by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 1, Troll
    IBM, Sony, and Philips are creating a Linux adoption..

    wohoooooooo Evil Sony DRM

    noooooooooo IBM, Sony, and Philips are creating a Linux adoption..

    wohoooooooo Evil Sony DRM

    noooooooooo IBM, Sony, and Philips are creating a Linux adoption..

    wohoooooooo Evil Sony DRM

    infinite loop, brain shu u ut ing d o wwwwn

    noooooooooo IBM, Sony, and Philips are creating a Linux adoption..

    wohoooooooo Evil Sony DRM

    noooooooooo

  2. Re:Jobseekers rejoice! by SeaFox · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not the enginners fault. It's the ones that decided to put it out.

    You honestly think any of the brass are going to take the fall for this?