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Paper: disregard for customers, DMCA led to Sony CD rootkit

2007-12-18 17:50:11 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A new paper revisits the Sony rootkit debacle, trying to understand how Sony BMG decided to pack its CDs with two problematic forms of copy protection. Did Sony make an honest mistake or take a calculated risk
 
Tags: sony, sony bmg, sony rootkit debacle, problematic forms, paper revisits, copy protection, cds, mistake, pack
 
 
 
 
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Sony USA PlayStation Website SQL Injected And Redirects Visitors To Fake Anti-Virus Scam

2008-07-02 18:41:28 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Sonys USA PlayStation website, a website with a very large number of daily visitors according to Alexa, had been the victim of an SQL injection attack. Sony PlayStations site is another high trafficked web site that fall victim into the continuing waves of massive botnets (ASProx botnet for example) SQL injections. The purpose of this wave
 
Tags: sql injection attack, sony playstations site, website, massive botnets, sql injections, web site, asprox botnet, daily visitors, victim
 
 
 
 
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Eye-Fi Adds Geotagging, Splits Up Product Line

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2008-05-09 14:07:15 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Sony once sold this wacky GPS companion (which I just found out isn't available in either released model) that would track your location over time, and use that information to geotag images via a special software program that let you pair its stream of data with your photographs Eye-Fi and Skyhook are doing something almost the same, since...
 
Tags: eye-fi, wi-fi, simple wi-fi, wi-fi networks, eye-fi ties, eye-fi home, eye-fi handles, wi-fi environment, eye-fi explore
 
 
 
 
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Autorun: good for you?

2007-09-23 05:29:48 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Sony is up to their dirty old tricks again Updated, 22 September 2007. Turns out there's a registry key that keeps track of all USB drives your computer has ever seen, and this key will override the Autorun settings if you insert a drive that your computer has seen before. So in addition to changing Autorun, you'll also need to delete this...
 
Tags: autorun, autorun raises, autorun commands, autorun settings, key, registry key, disable autorun, computer, computer configuration
 
 
 
 
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Forget the IPhone, Give me the JPhone

2007-07-25 21:56:46 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...Sony Ericsson W600i, for example Physical number pad. The Nokia N series and the W600i are both good examples of having a good number pad, without a full keyboard NO full keyboard. I've got one and don't use it. I don't want to type email messages or IMs on my phone, but if I have to, a soft keyboard or the numberpad is good enough NO camera....
 
Tags: actual phone, phone, stylish phone, phone vendor, phone vendors, smart phone, keyboard, soft keyboard, change
 
 
 
 
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Silver Bullet Talks with Mikko Hyppönen

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...Sony's infamous digital rights management rootkit. Featured here is an excerpt adapted from the full interview
 
Tags: chief research officer, malicious code, mikko, zotob worms, excerpt, active, discovery, f-secure, prominent
 
 
 
 
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Hollywood's 'Untraceable': Fact or fiction?

2008-01-18 00:00:00 by Denise Dubie in Network World on Security
 
Sony Pictures' "Untraceable" presents a cyber serial killer using an unknown Web site to stalk and murder victims. Former FBI Special Agent Ernest E.J. Hilbert II consulted on the film and shares his take on its realism
 
Tags: fbi special agent, unknown web site, cyber serial killer, untraceable, murder victims, sony pictures, shares, hilbert, film
 
 
 
 
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With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest

2008-03-29 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference
 
Tags: tiny fujitsu laptop, conference, conference organizers, sony vaio, three-way computer, linux, vista, challenge friday, macbook air
 
 
 
 
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Turn off Autorun - yet another reminder

2007-11-30 10:41:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
 
...Sony Rootkit issue from a few years back, most folks ended up installing the rootkit because they had Autorun engaged and the software automatically launched when the disc was loaded It was my Velvet Revolver disc that infected me. But I'm reasonably technical, so I was able to remove it pretty quickly I've already posted about this back in...
 
Tags: autorun, velvet revolver disc, disc, disc start, hack report site, tony bradley, pretty quickly, security mike, automatic actions
 
 
 
 
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Wayport Tops 10,000 McDonald's Locations

2008-04-29 09:25:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News