Sony sued for rootkit installer!

Infini

oh how the tables have turned heheheh!:D

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/16f8bba2-5219-11da-9ca0-0000779e2340.html

DonkeyStyle \o/

Excellent news!
I read comments from the original article, people saying they should get sued... never thought anyone would go through with it though.

pred racer

Good stuff!

rymus

ahh how I love to see things like this

Gandalf23

They deserve it.

Robert

Great new

Hobbes

Just reported on Slashdot. There is already a trojan out that uses the Sony rootkit to protect itself.

SparrowHawk

Maybe.....Just maybe... there is a god after all

Infini

and its getting even better!!!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/11/secfocus_sony_analysis/

What goes around COMES AROUND!!!:v:

Viva la resistance!

JohnK

Bout time someone sued the music industry for this crap. Hopefully this is the begining of the end for copy protected cds

Stephen

'ave it, Sony!

timeout

Yes nice to see one of the big fish getting chewed but you kinda feel sorry for that small company "U.K.-based firm First 4 Internet"

Capt'n Midnight

JohnK wrote:

Bout time someone sued the music industry for this crap. Hopefully this is the begining of the end for copy protected cds

AFAIK technically speaking it's not strictly a CD since it doesn't meet the red book standard, and they can't use the Compact Disk logo on them.

MrPinK

timeout wrote:

you kinda feel sorry for that small company "U.K.-based firm First 4 Internet"

From the original exposé it sounded like some really badly written software. If they can't even write good quality malware then they don't get any sympathy from me.

smeggle

Ecellent news! About time someone stuffed them back - I will never ever but another SOme compaNY product after they stopped my beloved DVDDecryptor

Hope they win and I'm right behind them - go's hunting for a SOme compaNY drm so I can sue them in Ireland.....

Wanders of dreaming of luxurious millions

Pa ElGrande

In light of the actions of ome of their member companies - SONYBMG we should be writing to the newspapers to ensure the press question them about the use of DRM that potentally crashes your computer, may not play in your cd player, compromises the security of your computer, and in order to undo some of it compromises your privacy.

If you were a journalist what questions would you be asking IRMA?

Stephen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4430608.stm

Sony have stopped production of CD's featuring the aforementioned scumware, while they "re-examine their content-protection initiative". Asshats.

Pa ElGrande

Effects of this rootkit so far:

Compromises system security by installing a hidden application that subverts the operating system functions, and enabling trojan viruses to piggyback on the system security breach.
Compromises a users privacy if they want to unhide it. They do not provide an uninstall program and update the DRM software further using an ActiveX control.
Compromises operating system stabilty and uses computer resources (CPU time).
And ironically......The spyware that Sony installs on the computers of music fans does not even seem to be correct in terms of copyright law.
It turns out that the rootkit contains pieces of code that are identical to LAME, an open source mp3-encoder, and thereby breach the license.

http://dewinter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215.

Pa ElGrande

This just gets better and better. Now, the activex you have to install to APPLY for the uninstall (not the uninstaller itself) is believed to be full of security holes:

http://hack.fi/~muzzy/sony-drm/

In fact if you have been to the sony website and installed the activex component, the following link will reboot your computer:

http://hack.fi/~muzzy/sony-drm/reboot.html

Pa ElGrande

Sony Shipping Spyware from SunnComm, Too
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=925

jabaroon

This makes me angry.....Thats it, I am NEVER buying anything from Sony again. Period.

Lump

I think everyone should sue them! MY BOX WAS HACKED CAUSE OF YORE ****!

John

Pa ElGrande

On Friday, the world's second-biggest record label pledged to temporarily stop making CDs that leave computers vulnerable to security breaches. This is a step in the right direction, but it does not go nearly far enough toward correcting a serious ethical lapse. In fact, it is proof positive that Sony is unworthy of our trust or our business.

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,69559,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_html

aidan_walsh

Lump wrote:

I think everyone should sue them! MY BOX WAS HACKED CAUSE OF YORE ****!

John

Actually, unless you can prove that you bought the CD from the US, you can't.

Be nice though...

Infini

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_faces_anot.html

Now a FEDERAL lawsuit has been filed in the U.S.! Oh how glorious it is to see them crash and burn!:D

hardCopy

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

AFAIK technically speaking it's not strictly a CD since it doesn't meet the red book standard, and they can't use the Compact Disk logo on them.

So would that mean that songs released on these discs would be inelligible for chart ranking?

Infini

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/8832306/treyanastasio?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=double1

And the story continiues....

Capt'n Midnight

Pa ElGrande wrote:

In light of the actions of ome of their member companies - SONYBMG we should be writing to the newspapers to ensure the press question them about the use of DRM that potentally crashes your computer, may not play in your cd player, compromises the security of your computer, and in order to undo some of it compromises your privacy.

If you were a journalist what questions would you be asking IRMA?

Maybe they should ask about Sony/First 4 Internet's breach of copyright ?

LAME code has been found in the product, which they can only use if they release the source code and add the license agreement. It's not like it they had to pay for it or anything.

BTW:
http://secunia.com/product/6033/ - First4Internet XCP Content Management with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by 2 Secunia advisories rated Highly critical

Capt'n Midnight

I expect they know all about the importance of reliable, secure code at system level now.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/14/sony_bravia_bug/

Sony has admitted a faulty batch of Bravia-branded LCD and rear-projection TVs has made it into wild. Around 400,000 sets may carry a software bug that could prevent them from being turned off after a cumulative 1,200 hours in stand-by mode. The TVs won't switch out of stand-by mode at that point, either.