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Now fingerprint reader and rootkits - Sony did it again

August 28th, 2007 by Juha-Matti, Filed under: Gadgets, Commentary, Physical Security, Corporate Security, Rootkits

This report of F-Secure’s Mika Ståhlberg states that MicroVault USM-F fingerprint reader software shipped with that Sony USB stick installs a driver that is hiding a directory under C:\Windows.

And - reportedly the guys of FS research laboratory

also tested the latest software version available from Sony at www.sony.net/Products/Media/Microvault/ and this version also contains the same hiding functionality. [added a hyperlink]

Hmmm - time to wear my white T-shirt with text familiar to many readers - “Most people don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?”