http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2197450/sony-caught-playing-rootkits
Sony caught playing with rootkits again

Sony's Microvault USB memory key software could render users vulnerable to a malware attack, security vendor F-Secure has claimed.

The Sony devices feature an integrated fingerprint reader that allows the user to securely store information. Unlocking the information, however, requires the installation of special software on a Windows computer.

Was just reading about that at another site. Here they go again with the lawsuits. Even though Sony didn't do it this time.

I have yet to read the full article I thought I would pass it on.

A quick quote from where I was reading.

neowin.net

...""Sony doesn't do any of its own development in this area; it looks like a Chinese company did it," said Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure's chief research officer. Less than two weeks after the first reports of Sony’s mishap, new Trojan horses used Sony’s code to hide from security software. The MicroVault software is cloaking the folder for good reason: to protect the fingerprint reader's authentication files from being tampered with or circumvented. "What's not justified is that others can use this folder," said Hypponen. "....

Whole story here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/27/Sony-uses-rootkits-charges-F-Secure_1.html

More Sony news
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200...sing-warez.html

Sony BMG's hypocrisy: company busted for using warez

Glad I don't put sony cd's in my precious apple.

If your a windows user, I just saw that Spybot http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html has definitions for 3 different rootkits

Saw that myself when I got the updates. I saw it right next to the keylogger update.