RIAA's president praises Sony's "responsible" tactics

by David Chartier (Nov 22nd 2005 2:30PM)

As if Sony couldn't make this DRM rootkit situation come off as any worse in the public eye, the president of the RIAA has piled it on by attempting to reduce the impact of the rootkit to nothing more than "a security vulnerability of which they...

Sony DRM rootkit time-line recap, EFF calls for repairs

by David Chartier (Nov 15th 2005 7:30AM)

We've been following following the unsettling Sony DRM rootkit issue here at TUAW, but BoingBoing has really been following it, in part because one of their bloggers (Cory Doctorow) is kinda with the EFF, and if you at all value your digital privacy,...

Sony offers iTMS downloads in rootkit settlement

by David Chartier (Dec 30th 2005 7:00AM)

As soon as I read this I understood why I have a splitting headache; the sky must be falling: Sony has quickly moved to offer online music downloads, including services like Napster and "Apple Computer, Inc.’s popular iTunes" in its ...

On the Sony DRM rootkit issue and OS X security implications

by David Chartier (Nov 17th 2005 7:00AM)

I'm certainly not a guru of the inner workings of OS X, nor am I a six-figure security analyst, but I'm starting to wonder if this whole Sony DRM rootkit situation has become the elephant in a room filled with enthusiastic OS X users and security eva...

Sony's DRM now for Macs too

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 11th 2005 7:00AM)

Looks like Sony's DRM rootkit, loved by all, has been ported to the Mac. Sort of. Seems Sony has put a little installer which, upon entering your username and password, will happily install a couple of kernel extensions into your OS. Remember the nam...

The Sad State of DRM Today

by Damien Barrett (Nov 2nd 2005 10:30PM)

I've got two different DRM stories for you to read today. The first is more dangerous than the second, but the second is more annoying because it affects iTunes and the iPod. Both, as far as I can tell, only affect Windows users. But we should all be...

Norway takes iTMS ToS gripes to court

by David Chartier (Jun 7th 2006 9:30AM)

A consumer advocacy group in Norway is apparently not too happy with the iTMS ToS (Terms of Service) and has won a preliminary ruling in an attempt to force Apple to make some edits. Specifically, the Norwegian group is attacking Apple's liability f...

Apple inspiring 'non-PC' PCs

by David Chartier (Dec 2nd 2006 6:00PM)

Sony is apparently trying to hitch a ride on Apple's bandwagon, at least in Australia so far, by attempting to remove the 'PC' moniker from their branding. On the VAIO C C Series product page for Sony Australia, Sony is not only using a "non-pc pc"...

MacDevCenter on OS X rootkit vulnerabilities

by C.K. Sample, III (Oct 10th 2005 7:00PM)

Over at MacDevCenter, Peter Hickman has written an interesting article about possible security vulnerabilities in OS X called Mac Security: Identifying Changes to the File System. Here's the description: "Black-hat hackers often use a bundle of tools...

Symantec: No file infecting viruses for OS X

by Scott McNulty (Jul 14th 2006 1:00PM)

Every time I write about Mac security the comments fill up with people telling me that I am an idiot (actually, come to think of it, that happens with most of my posts). Therefore, I thought some of you would enjoy this post from Symantec that which ...

Better safe than sorry? Trend Micro Smart Surfing for Mac

by Steven Sande (Apr 25th 2009 2:30PM)

Earlier this week, PC security app vendor Trend Micro announced a new product aimed at Mac users. Smart Surfing for Mac (US$69.95 per user per year) provides antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, and web threat protection, and also has a two-way fir...

With systems down, Sony employees turn to iPhones and iPads to get work done

by Yoni Heisler (Dec 18th 2014 5:00PM)

With Sony still struggling to recover from having its entire computer system hacked, our sister site TechCrunch recently spoke to a Sony employee about the current state of affairs within the company. Still today, many of Sony's affected inter...

NYT reports that Apple declined Sony offer to host "The Interview" on iTunes

by Steven Sande (Dec 24th 2014 2:00PM)

Photo Credit: Korean Central News Agency The New York Times reported yesterday that the Sony Pictures comedy film "The Interview" would be released in a limited run at theaters throughout the country. Locked away in a single paragraph of a much-too...

Sony is bringing TV streaming to iPad with PlayStation Vue

by Mike Wehner (Nov 13th 2014 1:00PM)

The TV streaming wars are about to find their way to the iPad thanks to Sony. The company announced today its first true push into the television streaming realm with PlayStation Vue, a service that will bring streaming content to PlayStation devic...

Why Sony Connect failed

by Scott McNulty (Jun 1st 2006 8:00AM)

Cnet has a great article up detailing how Sony's Connect (their answer to iTunes) failed so miserably. Sony, by all rights, should have the position in digital music that Apple has, but a series of missteps ensured that Sony would be... well not so s...