Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Street Fighter V Update Installed Hidden Rootkits on PCs (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the gaming-your-system dept.

Capcom's latest update for Street Fighter V was installing a secret rootkit on PCs. An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes The Register: This means malicious software on the system can poke a dodgy driver installed by Street Fighter V to completely take over the Windows machine. Capcom claims it uses the driver to stop players from hacking...to cheat. Unfortunately, the code is so badly designed, it opens up a full-blown local backdoor... it switches off a crucial security defense in the operating system, then runs whatever instructions are given to it by the application, and then switches the protection back on
Friday Capcom tweeted "We are in the process of rolling back the security measures added to the PC version of Street Fighter V." This prompted one user to reply, "literal rootkits are the opposite of security measures."

7 of 126 comments (clear)

  1. This should be the death of Capcom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only a fool would install a game made by them after this.

    1. Re:This should be the death of Capcom by El+Lobo · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You mean, nobody is installing Sony software these days after the rootkit incident 2012? Right.

      --
      It's time to realise that Abble's products are the biggest abomination these days. Just say NO to the dumb iAbble way!!
    2. Re:This should be the death of Capcom by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You do understand, I hope, that anitivirus and OS can't do jack against something the user wants to install, despite any and all warnings, yes? Which is, by the way, the way it SHOULD be, because the opposite is way worse: The OS deciding what I may and what I may not install on a computer I allegedly own.

      --
      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
    3. Re:This should be the death of Capcom by Calydor · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You mean like Windows 10 and updates?

      --
      -=This sig has nothing to do with my comment. Move along now=-
    4. Re: This should be the death of Capcom by GrahamJ · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What's bad is allowing an actor you don't trust to control the software on your machine. That doesn't necessarily preclude operating systems or their developers.

  2. Rootkit x antivirus, same concerns by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the code is so badly designed, it opens up a full-blown local backdoor

    Sounds like antiviruses: they're supposed to fix problems and filter out malware, but such complex software requires excellent optimized algorithms and code, which unfortunately is still due.

    --
    Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
  3. Re: Adding Capcom to tech boycott by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What we need to be doing is getting executives arrested for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. That awful law has been used to prosecute hackers and hobbyists for much more minor things than this, and has been twisted enough to fit various cases that there's more than enough precedent now.