Trojan Exploits Windows DRM Loophole: "Remember just a couple of weeks ago when we pointed out that there was a bit of a loophole in the way Microsoft DRM worked? At that time it was being exploited by various adware vendors (possibly at the request of the recording industry) on files being put up on file sharing networks. We expected that these would soon be replaced by much more malicious trojan horse files... and, it appears our one prediction for the new year came true pretty damn fast. It's now being reported that a malicious trojan is spreading in exactly this manner."—Techdirt
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
About Me
- Name: Charlie
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Hi, I'm Charlie Wood. I'm the founder and former CEO of Spanning (acquired by EMC), a married father of two, a native Texan and Austinite, and the oldest guy in most of my classes at UT, where I'm adding an economics major to my computer science degree.
For more about my re-entry into academic life, read this blog's inaugural post.
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