Sony caught in another DRM snafu

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A record label uses DRM to sort of keep its customers from copying the music. It turns out that the software poses a threat to the user’s PC. So the label issues a patch… which opens up another security hole. If you guessed that the label in question is Sony, you’d be correct. If you guessed that I’m recapping last month’s rootkit debacle, you’d be wrong.

I can’t say that this is surprising, really. Luckily I don’t own any of the CD’s that are affected, but you may want to check the list to see if you are. Check out the full posting at Ars Technica.