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Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit

Posted by Zonk on from the when-good-rootkits-go-bad-on-fox dept.

BokLM writes "Wired has an interesting article from Bruce Schneier about what's happening with the Sony Rootkit, and criticizing the anti-virus companies for not protecting its users. From the article: 'Much worse than not detecting it before Russinovich's discovery was the deafening silence that followed. When a new piece of malware is found, security companies fall over themselves to clean our computers and inoculate our networks. Not in this case.'"

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  1. This time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the malware was not made by the anti virus companies so how could we expect them to make the antidote?

    Now don your tin foil hats!

  2. Let's call it "Sony's Law": by Hosiah · · Score: 5, Funny
    Never simply shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in both feet while hanging yourself with a bungee cord, disembowling yourself with a potato-peeler, running a crowbar up your ass, and jumping though a foot of plate glass to fall into a pool of sulfuric acid all at the same time.

    Man, all this just in time for Christmas. When I'm shopping this Holiday Season, I think I'll just run up to store clerks and ask them if they carry Sony products and if they say yes, ask "For the love of God, WHY???" and then run away laughing.

  3. Re:Who Else Can We Blame by Hosiah · · Score: 5, Funny
    Of course, all Slashdotters were not infected because we all boycott music companies anyway. Right?? Or did I miss a memo?

    Apparently:

    To:all Slashdotters
    From: The Big Penguin
    Subject: Protective measures

    We will be switching exclusively to the Linux operating system at 1200 hours effective Tuesday. This will ensure that we can run any music CD with impunity, be it ripped or legit.

    Sincerly,
    T.B.P.