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EFF and Sony Disclose New DRM Security Hole

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the yet-another dept.

Dotnaught writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and SONY BMG Music Entertainment said on Tuesday that SunnComm is offering a patch to fix a security vulnerability with its MediaMax Version 5 content protection software on 27 SONY BMG CDs. Security firm iSEC Partners discovered the hole following a request by the EFF to examine the SunnComm software. The vulnerability involves a directory installed on users' computers by the MediaMax software that could allow a third party to gain control over the affected Windows PC. The EFF and iSEC delayed disclosing the problem until SunnComm could develop a fix."

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  1. Assume the Position by xmuskrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully the fix is them turning around, bending over, and grabbing their ankles.

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    1. Re:Assume the Position by BushCheney08 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hopefully the fix is them turning around, bending over, and grabbing their ankles.

      I really don't want to know what the plug for the hole looks like.

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  2. Effective DRM by faqmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Root kits, Serial Copy Management, Macrovision, Content Protection for Prerecorded Media, Advanced Access Content System, blah, blah, blah. The most effective DRM is for the lables to continue to put out crappy music. Eventually we'll all find something better to listen to.

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  3. Revised titles for Sony Rootkit CDs by digitaldc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since they are redoing the CDs, maybe they can change the names too?

    Alicia Keys - Unplugged, but still Infected
    Amici - Forever Defined as Dishonest
    Britney Spears - Hitme, but Don't RipMe
    Cassidy - I'm A Hustla in Your PC
    David Gray - Life In Slow Motion Since your PC has a Rootkit
    Faithless - Forever Faithless Sony
    Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself, I Love Rootkits
    Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon - Sixty Six Steps to Uninstall the Rootkit
    Raheem Devaughn - The Hate Experience
    Santana - All That I Am Allowed to Copy
    Stellastarr* - Harmonies for the Haunted PC
    Various - So Annoying: An All Star Tribute To Rootkits
    Wakefield - Which Side Are You On? Sony or the Public?
    YoungBloodZ - Everybody Know Me, Nobody Copy Me

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  4. EFF by Kev_Stewart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never underestimate the awesome power of pale vegetarian lawyers.

  5. Re:Perhaps not (Was Re:Useful indeed) by chrish · · Score: 5, Funny

    To answer a question with another question:

    Is he a corporate executive?

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