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UPDATE!

Sony XCP DRM - What does it mean to YOU?

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F-Secure  have announced that they have analyzed the first malware (called Breplibot.b ) that tries to conceal itself on PCs that have the Sony-BMG DRM installed.  Fortunately (for both people with this rootkit installed and Sony I would think), programming problems cripple this little nasty. 

Unfortunatly, they don't cripple the Sony rootkit.

Here is some music industry history  that shows how the rootkit became a tool that they chose to use, along with some insight into how Sony feels about customers.

"Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"

• Immunization against the Sony uninstaller
• Removing the Sony rootkit without using the installer (PDF download)
• XCP/First 4 Internet information
• Secunia - Sony CD First4Internet XCP CodeSupport uninstallation ActiveX control vulnerability
• You can no longer uninstall Sony XCP DRM
• Sony DRM on 500,000 networks (oh, and another flaw discovered)
• Sony DRM code violates open source LGPL license and uninstaller opens a big security hole!
• Don't like the Sony rootkit? Don't run the uninstaller!
• December - Freak-out month for Sony music customers
• Removing the Sony DRM rootkit (and some good news from Microsoft)
• It’s MY PC!
• Second variant of the Sony DRM trojan detected by BitDefender
• SonyBMG DRM Customer Survival Kit
• Sophos releases tool to “detect and disable” cloaking for Sony’s DRM copy-protection
• Sophos to unmask Sony DRM
• Bot uses Sony DRM to hide on PCs
• The EFF on Sony-BMG XCP copy protection
• Sony installs hidden utilities when you play CDs
• It’s not just Sony that use rootkits …
• Sony patching copy-protected CDs … kinda
• BBC News picks up on Sony’s bad behavior
• Sony and CD standards
• Sony replaces rootkit DRM technology with non-rootkit technology
• Another thing that Sony needs to do

This entry was posted by the PC Doctor on Thursday, November 10th, 2005 at 17:07 and is filed under Stay Secure, In the News. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.