Big Boss Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 A leading PlayStation 3 hacker says that today's firmware 3.60 update re-secures the system from hackers and by extension, should lock out piracy. Youness Alaoui (hacker alias: KaKaRoToKS) knows what he's talking about. He developed PSFreedom - an open source Jailbreak alternative, and devised the PL3 payload for the USB dongles that attacked the PS3's security system on firmware 3.41 and lower. According to his swift analysis of the new system update posted on his Twitter feed, Sony has come up with an ingenious method of side-stepping its existing security protocols: "For now, it looks to me (at first glance) that the PS3 has been re-secured, but it doesn't mean it can't be broken again from scratch," he says, qualifying his findings by adding that he didn't spend more than a couple of minutes looking at the new update. The PS3's existing security system is based on a "chain of trust" - different layers of the console are protected by individual levels of encryption, one opening up access to the next. This chain of trust was annihilated when Geohot revealed the "mtldr" key, the root decryption cipher that can unlock all of the others. According to Alaoui's quick analysis, Sony simply doesn't use mtldr any more, opting for a new security system that could possibly require a completely new exploit to be uncovered - something hackers would be unlikely to take on bearing in mind the legal blitzkrieg Sony has unleashed in recent weeks. "The epic fail was epic," Alaoui says. "It doesn't mean they can't come [up] with an epic save." http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-new-firmware-resecures-ps3 Note to mods: Please merge with existing 3.60 threads if this doesn't deserve a new topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Lolwut ? Already there's a new CFW which allows you to go online with 3.55 PS: Not that I've it. Gaming has been dead for months :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Lolwut ? Already there's a new CFW which allows you to go online with 3.55 PS: Not that I've it. Gaming has been dead for months :| alekh you seem to keeping abreast with the CFW scene So much knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 So wait, the 3.60 saves the PS3??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted March 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 ^LOL +1 rep, I didn't even realize it till now, 3.60 to the rescue, and 3.60 also saves the saves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 So wait, the 3.60 saves the PS3??? Yeah, like 3.42, 3.50 and 3.56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 wat happened to 3.57/58/59 ... did Sony manufacture a time-machine ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 alekh you seem to keeping abreast with the CFW scene So much knowledge RSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 what about people who are pirating and don't upgrade to 3.60?and what about the claims about the hacking that Sony can't' fix it ever since the public key was out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted March 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 *facepalm* to those who didn't get the 360 reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tushiq Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I don't get it why are they still unable to stop the hackers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 lol@ topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abhi5hek Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 well here is the word from the horse's mouth itself .... Leading PS3 hacker KakARoToKS himself has confirmed the improvements and upgrades by Sony as enough for securing the ps3 http://gamer.blorge.com/2011/03/10/ps3-hacker-reveals-sonys-three-step-epic-save-fix/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 well here is the word from the horse's mouth itself .... Leading PS3 hacker KakARoToKS himself has confirmed the improvements and upgrades by Sony as enough for securing the ps3 http://gamer.blorge.com/2011/03/10/ps3-hacker-reveals-sonys-three-step-epic-save-fix/ There is alrdy spoof to play online on CFW A exploit for 3.56 is alrdy found . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRch-0n Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 There is alrdy spoof to play online on CFW A exploit for 3.56 is alrdy found . Ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 So assuming that 3.60 secures the PS3, if future games require 3.60 to play, can the hackers get around that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadoken Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I guess it might be possible for hackers to start taking the BD-ISO rips and remove the update requirement .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 So assuming that 3.60 secures the PS3, if future games require 3.60 to play, can the hackers get around that? The same thing happened with Dragon age 2 . It works only with 3.56 and above And 3.56 cant yet be JB . But hackers created a crack so it can be played on 3.55 The same thing might happen with 3.60 , still cant say coz meltdr keys r now useless with 3.60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 ^^ i hope not and i hope Sony forces users to upgrade to 3.60 for all new games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
★ Kani ★ Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 hope is a good thing I hope they add some functionality to the next version release other than just another security fix btw from this update onwards we can set the time for the controllers.. wtf ? for that sony wanted me to download 45 mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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