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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. Gross misconduct by ilovegeorgebush · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The EFF and iSEC delayed disclosing the problem until SunnComm could develop a fix"

    In my opinion, this is a severe mistake. With all the publicity that this attrocious farse that is the rootkit, was getting, they ran the risk of knowing about a security hole, not letting people know, and allowing millions of users to be vulnerable because of their big bro mentality.
    Its shocking.

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    ilovegeorgebush
  2. Re:yes we all know by Aegis9975bb2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think you missed the parent comment's sarcasm. . .

    though it is funny how the modders have modded him down from "insightful/informative" to "Funny/overrated"; that's how Slashdot's hive-mind works I guess. . .

    Though it is quite amusing how /. loves to bash agressive lawsuits like SCO/IBM and general intellectual patent lawsuits, but are hypocrtitical enough to use excessive lawsuits as a weapon as well.

    Sorry, mod me down, I had an individual thought. . .