Sony's music CDs include a hidden payload: patch issued after CD users complain
- From: indigoace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Indigo Ace)
- Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:59:03 GMT
You can find the original blog article at
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
This malware that Sony is installing with their CDs is a bonanza for
authors of virus/worm/Trojans-- if they give their files the proper
names, the files will be hidden from the user:
<<I studied the driver?s initialization function, confirmed that it
patches several functions via the system call table and saw that its
cloaking code hides any file, directory, Registry key or process whose
name begins with "$sys$".>>
>From the Chicago Tribune--
Patch issued after CD users complain
Associated Press
Published November 3, 2005
Sony Corp.'s music division said Wednesday it is distributing a free
software patch to reveal hidden files that automatically installed to
hard drives when some of its music CDs were played on personal
computers.
The technology was designed to thwart music piracy.
The controversy started Monday after Windows expert Mark Russinovich
posted a Web log report on how he found hidden files on his PC after
playing a Van Zant CD. He also said it disabled his CD drive after he
tried to manually remove it.
Russinovich made the discovery while running a program he had written
for uncovering file-cloaking "RootKits."
Similar technology also has been used by virus and worm writers to
conceal their code.
A firestorm quickly erupted over what appeared to be an attempt by the
music company to retain control over its intellectual property by
secretly installing hidden software on the PCs of unsuspecting
customers.
Copyright © 2005, Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0511030264nov03,1,3999694.story?coll=chi-business-hed
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