Sony in Another Rootkit Imbroglio
It looks like one of Sony's USB flash drives—the USM-F series—creates a hidden directory when you install the fingerprint reading software on your Windows PC. The problem? It doesn't show up in normal file browsing, doesn't inform you that it's creating it, and can serve as the home for—wait for it—malicious rootkits. Even worse, "third-party" rootkits have been spotted in the wild using the hidden Sony folder. [Computer World via TechDirt]
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