Sony’s Rootkit Scandal Still Teaches a Cybersecurity Lesson for Small Businesses

The Sony rootkit scandal is an old cybersecurity story, but it still teaches a modern lesson for small businesses: software you did not clearly approve can become a serious security risk. In 2005, researchers found that some Sony BMG music CDs installed hidden digital rights management software on Windows computers. That software used rootkit-style behaviorContinue reading “Sony’s Rootkit Scandal Still Teaches a Cybersecurity Lesson for Small Businesses”