Global Security Watch > Sony BMG, Music CDs, and Keeping Your Computer Clean
[Log and Line] The story in brief: It seems that Sony BMG, in an attempt to develop an innovative way to copy-protect music CDs, has stumbled on a way to 1) infect your computer with questionable software which is almost impossible to uninstall, and 2) destroy its public image in the process.
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[Hardmac.com : Le "Macbidouille" in English] More on the Sony Rootkit: To continue on the same topic, It has been discovered that another anti-protection system for Sony created by SunComm MediaMax has a security flaw which allows one to gain unauthorized administration access in Windows.
[Precision Blogging] How DRM Punishes Listeners:: Sony was quite frustrated that its CDs could not be played in a controlled way in Apple iTunes. Apple however is uses its own DRM to keep other manufacturers out of iTunes, and when RealNetworks reverse-engineered iTunes in order to be compatible with it, Apple threatened them with a DMCA lawsuit, and then changed iTunes to be incompatible again.
[Malware Help.Org - Spyware Removal and Prevention Help] SunnComm MediaMax Security Vulnerability: EFF Does Not Recommend Patch at This Time: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and SONY BMG Music Entertainment (SONY BMG) said today that SunnComm is making available a software update to address a security vulnerability with its MediaMax Version 5 content protection software on certain SONY BMG compact discs (CDs). The vulnerability was discovered by the security firm iSEC Partners after EFF requested an examination of the SunnComm software.
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