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BoingBoing.net has an excellent Sony rootkit roundup, part II that is really worth reviewing if you're interested in this case. Here are the opening lines:
Cory Doctorow: It's been three days since the first roundup post on Sony's rootkit DRM and lots of new stuff has come to light since. Below is a timeline of posts since then, but first, here's the Sony debacle news that came in while I slept:
Immunize Yourself Against Sony's Dangerous Uninstaller: Princeton DRM researchers Ed Felten and Alex Halderman explain how to miitgate the security vulnerabilities left behind by Sony's incompetent "uninstaller" program.
List of infected CDs: Sony finally lists the 52 titles infected with the XCP rootkit. Note that Sony initially claimed that fewer than half that number were infected. (_Thanks, Kurt!_)
US-CERT: Never Install Audio-CD DRM Software. The Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team advises that you never install CD DRM: "Do not install software from sources that you do not expect to contain software, such as an audio CD." (_Thanks, Kurt!_)
Now, all the news that's come in since the initial roundup post on Nov 14: Nov 14: Sony anti-customer technology roundup and time-line Roundup of Sony's misdeeds to Nov 14.
(Continue reading on BoingBoing)
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