Sony Security System - Virus Pathway
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:17 am
Copy-protection technology harbours virus
[quote]San Jose: A controversial copy-protection program that automatically installs when some Sony BMG audio CDs are played on PCs is now being exploited by malicious software that takes advantage of the anti-piracy technology’s ability to hide files.
The Trojan horse programs – three have so far been identified by antivirus companies – are named so as to trigger the cloaking
feature of Sony’s XCP2 antipiracy technology. By piggybacking on that function, the malicious programs can enter undetected.
Sony BMG and the company that developed the software, First4Internet, have claimed that the technology poses security threat. Still, Sony posted a patch last week that uncloaks files hidden by the software.
On Thursday, Sony released a statement “deeply regretting any disruption that this may have caused.â€
[quote]San Jose: A controversial copy-protection program that automatically installs when some Sony BMG audio CDs are played on PCs is now being exploited by malicious software that takes advantage of the anti-piracy technology’s ability to hide files.
The Trojan horse programs – three have so far been identified by antivirus companies – are named so as to trigger the cloaking
feature of Sony’s XCP2 antipiracy technology. By piggybacking on that function, the malicious programs can enter undetected.
Sony BMG and the company that developed the software, First4Internet, have claimed that the technology poses security threat. Still, Sony posted a patch last week that uncloaks files hidden by the software.
On Thursday, Sony released a statement “deeply regretting any disruption that this may have caused.â€