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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. Oh christ, so fucking what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let's all have another wank-fest about how evil SONY are, and how the RIAA want to kill babies and eat kittens. Fucking yay.

    How about some real articles? You know, interesting stuff that requires more than three brain cells and an ability to type "TEH MPAA R EVAL!11!!?" or "GENTTO ROXORZ!!!11!!1"? I guess that sort of topic wouldn't appeal to 90% of the fuckers on this site though, so let's keep posting more Slashvertisments about LCD projectors and links to some wank-stains "blog" and pretend it's news.

    1. Re:Oh christ, so fucking what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You seem confused. Such shitty "news" should stay buried in the previously mentioned wank-stains "blog", where it belongs. While you may consider such things news-worthy, that's probably because you're too busy rubbing your two remaining brain cells together and posting your inane insights on said wanky "blog".

      No why don't you go back to giggling at Strongbad?

  2. 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.

    --
    ilovegeorgebush
  3. 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. . .