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11-09-2005, 09:43 AM
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Dragon
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: England
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Sony Busted?
This a part of a recent letter from Sony about hackers and exploiters in EQlive
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Hacks and Exploits
As any developer will tell you, we get into this industry because we enjoy games and we enjoy making them. That is why I dislike even having to mention hacks and exploits, but it is a reality that needs to be addressed.
As many of you know, we've spent a significant amount of time on our reporting systems to detect various hacks and exploits. The end result will provide a really positive impact. For example, without the reporting tools, we took action on over 1,000 accounts during the month of October. Although that number may seem high, the numbers generated by our reporting tools are considerably higher. These tools are currently limited to generating reports, but we are rapidly approaching a time where these will be used in a more robust manner. I won't go into detail, but I'd like to encourage anyone playing outside the natural boundaries of EverQuest to get back in those boundaries. Whatever advancement these exploits provide to individuals is not worth the damage that it does to the EverQuest community. Consider this fair warning.
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And is this I wonder thier little plan to catch people ?
http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-5925817.html
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/200...al-rights.html
Makes ya wonder . |
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11-09-2005, 09:48 AM
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Demi-God
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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I seriously doubt it. Installing a rootkit without the user's knowledge or consent is a serious federal crime. Frankly I'm stunned that the DOJ hasn't announced an investigation, unless they've decided to warn Sony first to remove it to avoid prosecution. If I was a prosecutor, I would be breathing down their necks. That's not to say that SOE couldn't use this rootkit to their advantage, but the company is already wide open to prosecution and lawsuits galore over this. I think this is just a case of an executive making an incredibly bad decision without checking with legal first.
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11-09-2005, 10:24 AM
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Sarnak
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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I agree with Sony on checking for hacks, I play GunBound and Rakion and I get a big ol' NProtect GameGuard splash screen when starting the game and I don't care, screw the hackers. BUT, should Sony abuse their new toy to scan for say, packet collectors, or even what your downloading in the background, it would be a direct violation of my privacy and I'd kick their asses, if I suddenly 'get my account banned' because I'm running a packet collector to help build EQEMU(the software) and PEQ's database, along with the rest of us playing live and EQEMU, I'd bet Sony would be looking at a class action lawsuit, and than when they bring the leaglity of EQEMU out, we'll shove it in their ear, as far as I know and care, EQEMU is in accordance with fair use.
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11-09-2005, 02:49 PM
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The PEQ Dude
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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The probably just "borrowed" Bliazzard's Warden softare which sends them a list of processes that are running on your machine, as well as information on any open windows, includng email and IM addresses. Not much better than a rootkit, as it's a MAJOR invasion of privacy (which is why I don't and won't ever play WoW) If I, for example am running a program called hotsexforcavedude.exe and am talking to cavedudesloveslave on AIM, I don't want them knowing that. Though ironically enough, Warden has been bypassed using Sony's rootkit.
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11-09-2005, 03:03 PM
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Sarnak
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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ECK!!!! EVERYONE GRAB YOUR SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES, THERES GONNA BE A BLOODBATH!!!! 
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11-10-2005, 10:22 AM
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Demi-God
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,175
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Sony hit by lawsuits over root kit
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01-05-2006, 05:03 PM
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Discordant
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gukta
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Originally Posted by cavedude
The probably just "borrowed" Bliazzard's Warden softare which sends them a list of processes that are running on your machine, as well as information on any open windows, includng email and IM addresses. Not much better than a rootkit, as it's a MAJOR invasion of privacy (which is why I don't and won't ever play WoW) If I, for example am running a program called hotsexforcavedude.exe and am talking to cavedudesloveslave on AIM, I don't want them knowing that. Though ironically enough, Warden has been bypassed using Sony's rootkit.
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They don't need to "borrow" anybody's software for that. Just grab the ps open-source utility and build it into the game's core executable.
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01-06-2006, 01:47 PM
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Demi-God
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Some tips when you are running potentially untrustworthy software (and, unfortunately, it looks like even software you're buying from well-established companies is falling more and more into the "untrusted" category, at least by my definition):
1) Turn off autoplay for your CD drives. Doing that was never very secure to begin with.
2) For games like EQ and WoW, if you suspect that they will scan your processes and/or hard drive contents, run them under a user ID that doesn't have admin privileges. For convenience, you can even shift-right-click their start menu entry and use the handy-dandy "run as:" feature to cause that one program to run as a separate userid without having to log everything off. The game, not having admin privileges, will be unable to detect processes in your memory (other that those that run as the same userid). If you're concerned about hard-drive spying, you can setup permissions so that some areas of your HD are also off-limits to it.
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01-08-2006, 11:21 PM
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Discordant
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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It is not good what they are doing, but if you think about how they feel, they must feel like they can loose money from people copying the CD's, if they do not do something about it themselves.
One thing that will probably end up happening if they do try this with EQ:
They ban someones account for running a packet collector or something...
That person sues, saying that they have the right to run what ever program they want in the background.
If you are just trying to log packets... you can always use a crossover cable and another computer...
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