34 month ago
kayodeok : Using Rootkits to Defeat Digital Rights Management - It’s therefore ironic, though not surprising, that several CD burning and disc emulation utilities are also using rootkits, though the technology is being used in the opposite way: to prevent DRM software from enforcing copy restrictions
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Implementing and Detecting an ACPI BIOS Rootkit - Why target the BIOS?: (1). Survives Reboots and Power Cycles. (2). Leaves no trace on disk (3). Survives and reinfects installations of same OS (4). Survives and reinfects installations of new OS (5). Hard to detect (6). Hard to remove
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS - Insider attacks and industrial espionage could become more stealthy by hiding malicious code in the core system functions available in a motherboard's flash memory, researchers said on Wednesday at the Black Hat Federal conference
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kayodeok : Rootkits in Commercial Software - Microsoft was faced with a predicament very similar to Symantec’s when they implemented Windows XP System Restore. Instead of cloaking the directory that stores restore points they create a directory in the root of each volume named System Volume I
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Windows rootkits of 2005, part two - In our previous article, we discussed current rootkit development techniques. In this article, we take it a step further and focus upon upcoming, cutting edge trends in rootkit technologies
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Windows rootkits of 2005, part three - The third and final article in this series explores five different rootkit detection techniques used to discover Windows rootkit deployments. Additionally, nine different tools designed for administrators are discussed
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kayodeok : The twelve e-mails of Christmas! - On the eleventh day of Christmas my e-mail sent to me; Eleven peper files, ten BHOs, nine Qoologics, eight Smitfrauds, seven rootkits, six WinTools, Cool Web Search, four Trojan horses, three search bars, two Sasser Worms and a virus for my PC
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Cleaning Up Sony's Rootkit Mess - Sony's recall of affected CDs is a sensible start in undoing the harm and ill will XCP has caused. But for the recall to make a meaningful difference -- in actually helping ordinary users, not just in improving Sony's PR standing -- Sony needs to spread t
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit - The story to pay attention to here is the collusion between big media companies who try to control what we do on our computers and computer-security companies who are supposed to be protecting us.
deusx : Wired News: Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit - "What happens when the creators of malware collude with the very companies we hire to protect us from that malware?"
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Immunize Yourself Against Sony’s Dangerous Uninstaller - Jeff Dwoskin and Alex Halderman have developed a simple tool that can immunize a Windows system against the dangerous CodeSupport ActiveX control that we have written about over the past few days.
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Sony's Web-Based Uninstaller Opens a Big Security Hole - It allows any web page you visit to download, install, and run any code it likes on your computer
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37 month ago
kayodeok : EFF: An Open Letter to Sony-BMG - Toothless Letter
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37 month ago
kayodeok : How To Remove The Sony Drm Rootkit
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Now the Legalese Rootkit: Sony-BMG's EULA - If you thought XCP "rootkit" copy-protection on Sony-BMG CDs was bad, perhaps you'd better read the 3,000 word (!) end-user license agreement (aka "EULA") that comes with all these CDs
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37 month ago
kayodeok : SonyBMG DRM Customer Survival Kit - Here's a handy bag of tricks for people whose computers are (or might be) infected by the SonyBMG/First4Internet rootkit DRM
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Are You Infected by Sony-BMG's Rootkit? - EFF has confirmed the presence of XCP on the following titles (each has a data session, easily read on a Macintosh, that includes a file called "VERSION.DAT" that announces what version of XCP it is using)
Matthew M. Boedicker : list of Sony-BMG cds infected with a rootkit
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Sony: You don't reeeeaaaally want to uninstall, do you? - The fact that Sony's announcement was directed at the press and that they’ve made no effort to make contact with their customers makes the patch and uninstall look solely like a public relations gesture for the media.
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony’s Rootkit: First 4 Internet Responds - Sony’s Rootkit: First 4 Internet Responds
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Windows rootkits in 2005, part one - The first of this three-part series will discuss what a rootkit is and what makes them so dangerous.
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Sony: screwing up Windows PCs since 2002
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home - But, there’s more to the story, like how Sony’s patch can lead to a crashed system and data loss and how Sony is still making users jump through hoops to get an uninstaller
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38 month ago
kayodeok : The "Sony rootkit" case - There's been some recent developments in digital rights management systems (DRM) that have security implications. Some DRM systems have started to use rootkit technology. Rootkits are normally associated with malware but in this case a rootkit is used to
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38 month ago
kayodeok : F-Secure Virus Descriptions : XCP DRM Software - Extended Copy Protection (XCP) is a CD/DVD copy protection technology created by First 4 Internet Ltd. XCP has been used to protect some audio CDs released by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The XCP protected disks contain digital rights management (DRM) so
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Is Sony violating the law? - "I asked Edelman if he thought that Sony's behavior was potentially illegal. Here's his reply:"
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Sony to patch copy-protected CD - Sony BMG's technology partner First 4 Internet, a British company, said Wednesday that it has released a patch to antivirus companies that will eliminate the copy-protection software's ability to hide
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