DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit?
Found on Slashdot on Wednesday, 16 November 2005
With some help from Sabre Security, Sebastian Porst and Matti Nikki have identified some stolen GPL'd code in Sony's rootkit. Ironically the code in question seems to be VLC's demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM, written by 'DVD' Jon Lech Johansen and Sam Hocevar.
Just another update. LGPL, GPL, DMCA, EUCD violations... Looks like this little rootkit from Sony really violates about everything and comes with integrated blacklists. Also, their uninstaller isn't much better it seems. Some more research reveals some nasty leftovers; like a RebootMachine and ExecuteCode method which both can be exploited. I really hope Sony gets slammed for this, and not just First 4 Internet who came up with the software. Because if Sony can get out of this without any problems, they will keep on using small companies to do the dirty work.