Tuesday, February 1, 2011

[Tech] Rootkit in PS3 firmware v3.56, will they never learn ?

According to Mathieulh, the guy that discovered the rootkey of the Playstation Portable from a hacked PS3, the new firmware contains a rootkit. With this rootkit Sony will be able to execute code remotely as soon as the console is connected to the internet. Read more

This rootkit can then be used by Sone to detect if homebrew software is installed on the console. But a lot more is possible of course. Do you still remember the previous disaster of a Sony rootkit ?

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