Well, Sony has responded to the accusations of rootkit part deux.
From ZDNet UK:
Sony Sweden representative Fredrik Fagerstedt told local press this week that sometimes even actions undertaken with “good will” can go wrong.
Fagerstedt’s comments come the same day that antivirus firm McAfee joined the growing chorus of companies criticising Sony for compromising its customers’ security.
McAfee reported that Taiwan’s FineArt Technology, which makes encryption software for PCs and laptops, was responsible for creating the offending software.
McAfee’s Aditya Kapoor and Seth Purdy wrote in a blog: “The authors apparently did not keep the security implications in mind” when designing the installation method.
Kapoor and Purdy catalogued the incident as one of the worst examples of “nasty rootkits that use blended techniques to hide or protect themselves”.
Read on.
[tags]Rootkit, Sony Rootkit, Rootkit Fiasco[/tags]
