An other SONY RootKit ? from F-Secure blog

[Climenole]

Hi All

I guess everybodies remember the discovery by Mark Russinovich of a RootKit with SONY DRM

According to the F-Secure blog there's an other SONY's RootKit now in USB keys:

" Many of our regular readers will remember the huge Sony BMG XCP DRM rootkit debacle of 2005. Back then malware with rootkits were not very common but since then a lot of malware families have adopted rootkit cloaking techniques. It is unclear if the "rise of the rootkit" would have happened in this magnitude without the publicity of the Sony BMG case. In any case, a lot more people now know what a "rootkit" is than back then.

This USB stick with rootkit-like behavior is closely related to the Sony BMG case. First of all, it is another case where rootkit-like cloaking is ill advisedly used in commercial software. Also, the USB sticks we ordered are products of the same company — Sony Corporation. "

Full story :
Double Whammy! Another Sony Case (And it's Not BioShock)

[The Hammer]

Originally Posted by Climenole

Hi All

I guess everybodies remember the discovery by Mark Russinovich of a RootKit with SONY DRM

According to the F-Secure blog there's an other SONY's RootKit now in USB keys:

" Many of our regular readers will remember the huge Sony BMG XCP DRM rootkit debacle of 2005. Back then malware with rootkits were not very common but since then a lot of malware families have adopted rootkit cloaking techniques. It is unclear if the "rise of the rootkit" would have happened in this magnitude without the publicity of the Sony BMG case. In any case, a lot more people now know what a "rootkit" is than back then.

This USB stick with rootkit-like behavior is closely related to the Sony BMG case. First of all, it is another case where rootkit-like cloaking is ill advisedly used in commercial software. Also, the USB sticks we ordered are products of the same company — Sony Corporation. "

Full story :
Double Whammy! Another Sony Case (And it's Not BioShock)

McAfee has confirmed F-Secure's findings. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...echnology/home

[Longboard]

We just love Sony more and more ....how can they keep getting it so wrong

Laptop Batteries
Rootkits
DRM

LOL;
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse....=sony_********

[JerryM]

Makes me want to steer clear of anything Sony that connects to a computer, including their cameras.

Jerry

[Climenole]

Hi Longboard

Originally Posted by Longboard

We just love Sony more and more ....how can they keep getting it so wrong

Laptop Batteries
Rootkits
DRM

LOL;

Laptop Batteries
Rootkits
DRM

WORST : CELINE ...

[Longboard]

@Climenole

HaHaHaHa ROFL

LMAO.

love it.

[ronjor]

Sony to remove rootkit functionality from USB stick software

Sony is to offer the software for its fingerprint reader USB stick in a non-rootkit version, the company has announced to the British media. Last week, it was revealed that the software for the MicroVault USM-F USB stick hides a subdirectory of the Windows folder from other Windows applications using rootkit techniques

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/95407/