John Borland of ZDNet News writes:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Electronic Frontier Foundation digital rights group jointly announced Tuesday that they had found, and fixed, a new computer security risk associated with some of the record label’s CDs.
The danger is associated with copy-protection software included on some Sony discs created by a company [...]
Alex Wheeler has reported a vulnerability in Panda Antivirus, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in “pskcmp.dll” when performing Lempel-Ziv decompression of ZOO archives. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution [...]
John McCormick of TechRepublic.com writes:
Microsoft still hasn’t patched a serious Internet Explorer vulnerability, and malicious hackers are taking advantage of the fact. In addition, a remote code execution threat has surfaced in Real Networks RealPlayer. Get the details about these and other security issues in this edition of the IT Locksmith.
Tweak MCE gives you access to systems settings and options not normally exposed in the Windows XP Media Center Edition user interface, including remote control settings, Skip and Replay time customizations, user interface options, and more. It also helps you to optimize Media Center Extender for plasma and non-CRT displays.
Grinler of BleepingComputer.com writes:
Table of Contents
How this rootkit affects your computer
CDs that contain this rootkit
How to tell if your CD has the Sony - XPC DRM Rootkit
How to tell if your computer is infected with the Sony / XPC DRM Rootkit
Rootkit removal and detection
Technical Details
Ed Foster of GRIPELOG writes:
You’re probably getting tired of hearing about Sony BMG’s rootkit DRM [not me!], but one central mystery about it remains to be solved. What was Sony’s real motive for what many consider behavior that is awfully close to a criminal act? To answer that question I think we’re going to need [...]
As I predicted, the EFF will file a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Sony BMG for the problems caused by the First4Internet XCP CDs - it is also filing for the problems caused by the SunnComm MediaMax CD copy protection software.
Also:
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is free to download, has no time limits, and is freely redistributable (with registration). With a database size limit of 4 gigabytes (GB) and support for 1 CPU and up to 1 GB of RAM, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is suitable for application embedding or lightweight application development.
Back in June I asked for links to sites that specialized in drivers and software for Windows XP 64 bit edition. I apologize for taking so long to post the follow up - my excuse is that aliens kidnapped me… Yeah, that’s it! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
In EFFector 18.40 - which I received late Friday night - the EFF is planning an announcement on Monday, November 21, 2005, about its plans on the Sony CD rootkit issue. It has solicited responses from customers in California and New York who have been infected by the rootkit - I suspect a lawsuit [...]
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