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Security A to Z: Rootkits

November 27, 2006 Hackers aren't the only ones using rootkits. The Sony fiasco brought the toolkits into the mainstream. TAGS: rootkit, Sony Corp., trojan horse, digital-rights management, security, CD, PC

EMI: We don't use rootkits

November 7, 2005 Record label claims its copy-restriction software can easily be uninstalled and is not hidden like that used by rival Sony. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., rootkit, First 4 Internet Ltd., Universal Music Group, digital-rights management, Sony Corp., spokesman, CD

Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?

November 12, 2005 Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs. TAGS: rootkit, digital-rights management, copy protection, Sony Corp., nightmare, CD, security, music

Sony's antipiracy may end up on antivirus hit lists

November 4, 2005 Security software makers consider adding protection against the cloaking tool in Sony's anticopying technology. TAGS: rootkit, Kaspersky Lab, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, antivirus, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, antipiracy, malicious software, antivirus company, malware, consultant, security company, spyware, technique, security

U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban

February 20, 2007 Almost 1,500 sign anti-DRM petition, but U.K. officials say the technology, when certain safeguards are observed, still has value. TAGS: digital-rights management, petition, U.K., rootkit, copyright law, restriction, Steve Jobs, government, Sony Corp., CD, music

Sony has far to go in rootkit case

December 20, 2006 Label settled with two states but still must negotiate with others for secretly loading antipiracy software onto computers. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, digital-rights management, rootkit, antipiracy, Texas, Sony Corp., entertainment company, Amazon.com Inc., public relations, California, attorney, entertainment, CD

Sony 'rootkit' prompts office clampdown on CD use

November 14, 2005 IT departments are reacting to a new threat: users bringing CDs to work that can introduce rootkit-like software to their systems. TAGS: Richard Starnes, rootkit, CD, Sony Corp., policy, digital-rights management, malicious software, audio CD, bank, Microsoft Corp.

Sony BMG settles rootkit case with 39 states

December 21, 2006 Record label to pay $4.25 million a year after acknowledging that it secretly installed antipiracy software on music CDs. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, rootkit, digital-rights management, settlement, Sony Corp., state, antipiracy, Massachusetts, Texas, CD, agreement, California, music

EMI considers opening its DRM to inspection

January 20, 2006 Music industry giant is reviewing request by digital rights group to allow reverse engineering of its DRM software. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., digital-rights management, Macrovision Corp., rootkit, reverse engineering, computer security, spokesman, researcher, CD, security

DRM: Media companies' next flop?

January 30, 2006 Wharton experts examine whether digital rights management is worth the effort and whether it will survive. TAGS: digital-rights management, media company, rootkit, restriction, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, professor, digital content, Sony Corp., CD, entertainment, music, TV, PC

Sony rootkit victims in every state, researcher says

January 18, 2006 Figures suggest that Florida leads the pack in PCs that have rootkit-like software from Sony's antipiracy tool. TAGS: rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, DNS, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, researcher, Florida, U.S., server, security, PC

Attack targets Sony 'rootkit' fix

November 16, 2005 Security firm reports Web sites intended to exploit a flaw in a Sony program designed to remedy security problems in copy-protected CDs. TAGS: Websense Inc., rootkit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, uninstaller, copy protection, flaw, computer science, malicious code, security, professor, CD, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Siggraph: Taking on fair use, privacy and DRM

August 1, 2006 Sony, the Software Freedom Law Center and others weigh in on digital rights management. TAGS: digital-rights management, argument, attendee, Sony Corp., interoperability, rootkit, Apple iTunes, DVD, conference

Sony settles 'rootkit' class action lawsuit

December 29, 2005 The record label agrees to offer U.S. customers money and free downloads to encourage them to replace CDs that secretly install software. TAGS: class action, class action lawsuit, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, rootkit, Sony Corp., album, settlement, digital-rights management, CD, New York, U.S.

Are these the Sony rootkit CDs?

November 10, 2005 A cyber-rights group identifies 19 Sony CDs that contain a rootkit application that disguises its invasive copy-restriction technology. TAGS: EPIC, rootkit, digital-rights management, Sony Corp., CD

Sony rootkit settlement gets final nod

May 23, 2006 Record label must stop using controversial anticopying software and compensate customers, settlement says. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, settlement, rootkit, class action, CD, copy protection, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, New York, music, security

Week in review: Hackers put heat on security

August 4, 2006 Black Hat attendees probed tech security to see what shakes out, especially from Microsoft trees. TAGS: hacker, Black Hat, Week in review, rootkit, McAfee Inc., Steve Jobs, digital-rights management, conference, Apple Computer, France, VoIP, Symantec Corp., security, Sony Corp., battery, Microsoft Corp.
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