[Pc_Support] Sony DRM exploit explained, VNUnet, or WHY I do NOT buy SONY cd's...

[ozz at ozz.is-a-geek.net]

>
>   Virus writers exploit Sony DRM
>
>
>             Sony doomsday scenario becomes reality
>
> Iain Thomson and Tom Sanders, vnunet.com <http://www.vnunet.com/> 10 Nov
> 2005
> Virus writers have already started to exploit Sony
> <http://www.sony.com/>'s controversial digital rights management
> software, which uses a rootkit <http://www.vnunet.com/2145413> to hide
> the code and ensure that the CDs are not copied.
>
> A new Trojan, Troj/Stinx-E
> <http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstinxe.html>, has been
> mass-mailed to UK email addresses. The worm is a variant of what McAfee
> referred to as the Brepibot
> <http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=133091>
> virus that was first discovered on April this year. BitDefender calls
> the new worm Backdoor IRC Snyd A
> <http://www.bitdefender.com/VIRUS-1000058-en--Backdoor.IRC.Snyd.A.html>
> and F-Secure Breplibot.B
> <http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/breplibot_b.shtml>.

The funny thing is, the new trojan mass-emails to UK e-mail addresses. 
The Sony CDs sold in the UK do not contain the rootkit, as they violate
British law.

The trojan writer didn't do their homework...

Regards,
Ozz.