Mark Russinovich couldn’t understand how the rootkit had sneaked onto his system. An expert on the internals of the Windows operating system, he is careful when it comes to computer security and ...

After two weeks of relentless criticism over its XCP copy protection software, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is pulling CDs that contain the software from store shelves. The company is also planning to ...

A computer security firm says it has discovered the first virus that uses music publisher Sony BMG's controversial CD copy-protection software to hide on PCs and wreak havoc. Under a subject line ...

Sony BMG, one of the world’s biggest music companies, said it was ending the use of the software provided by a third-party vendor and allowing consumers who purchased CDs to exchange them for similar ...

Several class action suits were filed in New York and California during November that claimed Sony's copy-protection technology, which had come under fire earlier in the month, damaged buyers' ...

A federal judge in New York granted final approval Monday to a settlement by Sony BMG Music Entertainment of several class-action lawsuits over the use of copy-protection software on its compact discs ...

The Princeton researchers that have done much of the work deconstructing SonyBMG’s recent controversial copy protection software have found an interesting new tidbit. According to their new findings, ...

After taking a drubbing from computer enthusiasts, Sony BMG Music Entertainment has released a software patch that removes controversial cloaking technology found in copy protection software the ...