The head of one the world's most prominent computer security companies, Kaspersky Labs has hit out at Sony, blaming the company itself for the PlayStation Network hack that wreaked such damage to the PlayStation maker's reputation earlier this year.
Eugene Kaspersky states that Sony, "does not pay a lot of attention to internet security". He then tells T3 that, “To me it seems that there are companies that pay a lot of attention to internet security and there are enterprises that don’t. Maybe in the case of Sony they simply didn’t understand that their IT security issues would be very dangerous.”
He draws attention to Sony's own use of rootkits, "They were called Sony rootkit because they were mainly malware. Trojans are malware and sometimes have several components and some very similar code to rootkit was found to be a malware component."
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Eugene Kaspersky states that Sony, "does not pay a lot of attention to internet security". He then tells T3 that, “To me it seems that there are companies that pay a lot of attention to internet security and there are enterprises that don’t. Maybe in the case of Sony they simply didn’t understand that their IT security issues would be very dangerous.”
He draws attention to Sony's own use of rootkits, "They were called Sony rootkit because they were mainly malware. Trojans are malware and sometimes have several components and some very similar code to rootkit was found to be a malware component."
Have you recovered confidence in PSN? Tell us in the comments.
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SPInGSPOnG 2 Jul 2011 11:53
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Never lost confidence in them! Do we lose confidence in someone who has their house burglarized? Criminals are determined and resourceful. And after Sony wasn't almost everyone else hacked?
How is their use of rootkits at all relevant to their own server security. The people who manage their network security would not have been involved in, or possibly even aware of the rootkit events.
And "man from security company says company is not spending enough on security" is kind of like "egg salesman says people not eating enough eggs". Where is there proof of this alleged "oversight"?
How is their use of rootkits at all relevant to their own server security. The people who manage their network security would not have been involved in, or possibly even aware of the rootkit events.
And "man from security company says company is not spending enough on security" is kind of like "egg salesman says people not eating enough eggs". Where is there proof of this alleged "oversight"?