Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
 nemo (djnemo) <Majid2k users Sourceforgenet> |
Tuesday, July 24 2007 04:58.02 CDT |
Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR) I ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys, and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation hidden (see my �Unearthing Rootkits� article from thre June issue of Windows IT Pro Magazine for more information on rootkits). The RKR results window reported a hidden directory, several hidden device drivers, and a hidden application:
Original News By :Mark Russinovich Author of Microsoft Windows Internals, Fourth Edition: Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 (Pro-Developer) and ...
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx
Comments
 MohammadHosein |
Posted: Tuesday, July 24 2007 07:30.01 CDT |
| did you have a chance to look at its "date" before the copy/paste ? | |
 camus |
Posted: Tuesday, July 24 2007 09:55.24 CDT |
| Hehe, seriously, that is too old... Now Sony is "sueing" the company that developed the rootkit _they_ requested... What a world! Hehe! | |
 eamous |
Posted: Tuesday, July 24 2007 14:02.17 CDT |
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I guess u're right camus, this rootkit is pretty old. Though, I�m glad MS. Rootkit Revealer is able to detect this one :P |
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