Posted by Punzi in Security, Software, Tech News | 2 Comments
Sony’s Rootkit, reloaded
Sony’s at it again.
As this report from Infoworld says:
“A line of USB drives sold by Sony installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company charged Monday, raising the specter of a replay of the fiasco that hit Sony’s music arm two years ago when researchers discovered that its copy protection software used rootkit-like technologies.”
“According to F-Secure, the fingerprint-reader software included with the Sony MicroVault USM-F line of flash drives installs a driver that hides in a hidden directory under “c:\windows”. That directory and the files within it are not visible through Windows’ usual APIs, said F-Secure researcher Mika Tolvanen in a posting to the company’s blog Monday”
Chalk up another reason not to buy Sony products.
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- Removing the Rootkit
- More on the Sony Rootkit Fiasco
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- Sony/BMG installing rootkits
- The Windows Metafile vulnerability: A backdoor?
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http://blog.trendmicro.com/phishers-mark-eid-with-irs-paypal-phish/
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