You might remember the Sony BMG Rootkit fiasco back in 2006 when the whole Internet was up in arms about Sony installing a rootkit in the name of Digital Restriction Rights Management.
Another piece of malware has been uncovered that has been linked to Sony and their Fingerprint reader.

Researchers have unearthed rootkit-like functionality in an enterprise [...]

Seen as though we get a lot of searches for PSP firmware updates and information about homebrew, I thought I’d post about this which popped up a few months ago.
In what undoubtedly will be remembered as a historic and life-changing event for PSP enthusiasts everywhere, a group of coders (Noobz and [...]

For those who haven’t noticed yet, today booster made a milestone in PSP history. Enabling firmware 2.71 emulation in DevHook 0.44.

Alot has been going on lately in the PSP scene and its great. With the release of the 2.5/.6 downgrader and full iso and game emulation in DevHook.
Download here. Credit goes to booster [...]

Now after the huge Sony BMG Rootkit fiasco, this has become quite a hot topic, how far can vendors go to enforce their ‘Digital Rights Management’ (or Digital Restrictions Management as we like to call it), can they install a rootkit on your machine and hook into your OS? Can they take over your PC [...]