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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #90 on: November 11, 2005, 01:04:10 AM »
No there are other virus' and trojan horses exploiting the shoddy code, in Sonys trojan
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« Reply #91 on: November 11, 2005, 01:23:23 AM »
Just say "no" to DRM.
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« Reply #92 on: November 11, 2005, 06:57:22 AM »
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« Reply #93 on: November 11, 2005, 07:24:30 AM »
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No there are other virus' and trojan horses exploiting the shoddy code, in Sonys trojan


Then I retort.  My apologies Rabbi.  <>

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« Reply #94 on: November 11, 2005, 08:24:47 AM »
http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=173731778

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Analyst's Diary

More on Backdoor.Win32.Breplibot.b

  Yury          November 10, 2005 | 12:00  GMT    

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We've been analysing the backdoor program which uses the Sony rootkit technology.

Trend Micro has told us that the backdoor was mass mailed using spamming technologies. The message sent was as follows:

Message subject:

Requesting Photo Approval

Attachment name:

article_december_3621.exe

Message body:

Hello,

Your photograph was forwarded to us as part of an article we are publishing for our December edition of Total Business Monthly. Can you check over the format and get back to us with your approval or any changes? If the picture is not to your liking then please send a preferred one. We have attached the photo with the article here.

Kind regards,
Jamie Andrews
Editor
http://www.TotalBusiness.co.uk
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The Professional Development Institute
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Breplibot.b is 10240 bytes in size, and packed using UPX.

When launching, the backdoor copies itself to the Windows system directory as $SYS$DRV.EXE. Using this name makes it possible for the rootkit technology used by Sony to hide the activity of the malicious program. Of course, the backdoor's activity will only be hidden if the 'Sony rootkit' has been installed on your computer.

Once launched, the backdoor creates the following system registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]
"WkbpsevaXImgvkwkbpXSmj`kswXGqvvajpRavwmkjXVqj"="$SYS$DRV.EXE"



Offline Simaril

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« Reply #95 on: November 11, 2005, 08:30:16 AM »
Saw on google news that the PR and even some legal heat is building on Sony. My favorite line went something like, "Sony ahs a right to protect their content, but they do not have a right to damage people's property while they do it."
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« Reply #96 on: November 11, 2005, 08:33:39 AM »
More about Sony's way to open up their customer's computers for viruses and trojans:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/11/secfocus_sony_analysis/

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« Reply #97 on: November 11, 2005, 08:53:18 AM »
heh.. thank you..>

Thats the point of the article.

It's not about Sony's insidious DRm it's about how hackers are exploiting it to hit you with Virus'.


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« Reply #99 on: November 11, 2005, 02:40:07 PM »
Here's some temporary good news.  Apparently they're scared of Skuzzy too.

LOL

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_hi_te/sony_copy_protection

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« Reply #100 on: November 11, 2005, 03:14:12 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4427606.stm


umm it didnt take long did it ?

first virus is out

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« Reply #101 on: November 11, 2005, 04:07:29 PM »
Hopefully the persons stricken with this virus (more likely viruses) will sue Sony for causing the vulnerability and the artist who's CDs are effected will sue sony for the stigma that will be attached to them by this infringement.  But then again probably not.

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« Reply #102 on: November 12, 2005, 05:35:35 AM »
It didnt take long :)

many thanks to virus makers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4430608.stm