SONY Rootkit - are they at it again.

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Well some feel SONY have been caught at it again with their hands in the cookie jar.

In the latest newsletter, http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070906, check the Sony renews rootkit debate with USB drives article.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6975838.stm

[b]Sony confirms security problem[/b]

Electronics giant Sony has confirmed a recently discovered security flaw in some of its products that could leave PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers.

The firm said that the fault, which affected software packaged with memory sticks, was developed by a third-party.
Sony said it was conducting an internal investigation into the problem and would offer a fix “by mid-September”.
The vulnerability, found by security firm F-secure, was similar to one found on CDs sold by Sony BMG in 2005.
That led to the discs being recalled and several lawsuits against the record label.

Also see http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-082007.html#00001263

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They never learn … ::slight_smile:

Rootkits, exploding batteries i wonder what’s next ?

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Something to tie this to BluRay and PS3 would be icing on the cake ;D

I vowed not to purchase another SONY product after the first rootkit fiasco and to date I haven’t done so and there are times when it is hard to avoid.

They really can’t trot out the, “it was done by a third party” guff again, which they said about the original rootkit.

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:-\ Man don’t say that I got a PS3…