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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Hacking

At The Register is an article titled "World of Warcraft hackers using Sony BMG rootkit" by SecurityFocus. It starts out by asking: "Want to cheat in your online game and not get caught? Just buy a Sony BMG copy protected CD."

Apparently, World of Warcraft hackers are starting to use the Sony DRM rootkit to subvert the game's "Warden" security monitor. They just insert a Sony CD, let the software automatically install, and rename their favorite hacking tools to have names starting with "$sys$". Warden is then unable to detect them.

It sure didn't take long for the hackers to start exploiting the Sony DRM rootkit.

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