full-disclosure - the "Sony/BMG" virus

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Date: Fri Nov 11 14:23:23 2005
From: michael.holstein at csuohio.edu (Michael Holstein)
Subject: the "Sony/BMG" virus

> Insofar as [just] yesterday's RootkitGate media blitz,
> let's review:

Those lawsuit links refer to the class-action suit related to the 
rootkit + DRM install itself.

I'm more interested in it's use to cloak a virus, and the potential 
legal liability that might create for the authors.

15 seconds on Google can provide a variety of rootkits .. I suspect this 
is one of the first developed by a big-name company (versus the 
customization you can get from some hacker groups for a little donation).

~Mike.