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  • Sony halts production of 'rootkit' CDs

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Friday that it will suspend production of CDs with copy-protection technology that has been exploited by virus writers to try to hide their malicious code on PCs.

  • Berners-Lee: Keep the Internet free

    World Wide Web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Thursday that it's critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country.

  • Sony blasted for helping hide malware on users' PCs

    Security specialists are warning that Sony's MicroVault USB, which is a biometric USB storage device, cloaks driver software in a Windows directory that could be used by malware to avoid detection from security applications.

  • Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'

    Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some music CDs are played.

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