Surprise, surprise:
"A controversial copy-protection program that automatically installs
when some Sony BMG audio CDs are played on personal computers is now
being exploited by malicious software that takes advantage of the
antipiracy technology's ability to hide files.
"The Trojan horse programs -- three have so far been identified by
antivirus companies -- are named so as to trigger the cloaking feature
of Sony's XCP2 antipiracy technology. By piggybacking on that function,
the malicious programs can enter undetected, security experts said
Thursday."
http://tinyurl.com/expv3
Cheers,
Rich Mason
On Nov 6, 2005, at 6:53 AM, karl shah-jenner wrote:
: From: "Bob Talbot"
: : PS: Buy Sony: get a rootkit.
Seems rootkit software (designed to prevent 'cheating') has been
turned to
the dark side by intreped gamerz who use it to hide their cheating
activities!
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/03/defeat_wow_spyware_u.html
"Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft, have deployed spyware to catch
"cheaters." If you want to avoid the spyware, you can install Sony's
rootkit DRM (just load a store-bought CD with Sony's DRM on it) and
then
use its cloaking capabilities to hide your " cheating application.
neat!
user cheating Anti-Cheat code used by cheats to cheat other anti-cheat
codes..
we're definately in the loop :-)
k
http://richmason.com
