Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Ubisoft DRM exploit opens PCs to security risk (updated)

Ubisoft DRM exploit opens PCs to security risk (updated):
UPDATE: Ubisoft has pushed out a patch to correct the issue described below, and urges all Uplay users to "update their Uplay PC application without a Web browser open" to fix the plug-in. Alternatively, user can re-install Uplay using a patched installer available at Uplay.com.
In a further statement, Ubisoft notes that the patch was issued only one and a half hours after the vulnerability was first reported, and that the patched plug-in is only able to launch the UPlay application, and not other programs on the client machine.
"Ubisoft takes security issues very seriously, and we will continue to monitor all reports of vulnerabilities within our software and take swift action to resolve such issues,” the company said in a statement.
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