Showing posts with label PS4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PS4. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Fail0verflow to announce a PS4 Jailbreak next week?
Some
hints at a potential PS4 hack form popular group Fail0verflow just came
to my attention. This is just at the rumor level at this point and
could turn out to be something entirely different, but the evidence is
quite compelling.
I was just contacted with a link to the CCC Wiki, indicating that Marcan, one of the main members of Team Fail0verflow (known for having hacked the Wii U, and, before that, the PS3), will be having a talk at the CCC event this year. The talk is entitled: “Console Hacking 2015: Penguins on Aeolia”
So how does this point to a PS4 hack? Well, let’s rewind a bit.
Every year a bunch of hackers meet at the CCC and talk about hacking and security. Console hacking, every year, is a big part of the conference. This year, Smealum will be there to talk about his work on the 3DS, and apparently fail0verflow will be here too.
CCC is big, back in the days, Tyranid also explained the PSP Prometheus project at the CCC. The Prometheus project resulted in what is known today as the Pandora batteries for PSP, a way to mod the PSP batteries so that the PSP will enter “maintenance mode” and make it possible to install custom firmwares and downgrades.
That screenshot is from their presentation at the CCC in 2010, when they explained how they had hacked the PS3.
Defeating the PS3 encryption was definitely not Fail0verflow’s only successful hack. They were also the first ones to run unsigned code on the Wii in 2007, and hacked the Wii U two years ago.
So in general, when these guys have a presentation at the CCC, you know something heavy is going to happen.
Fail0verflow had announced earlier on the CCC wiki that they would be hosting an event to talk about console hacking in general, hinting more at some Wii U follow up and existing hacks than anything else.
This new entry in the Wiki however indicates a full presentation from Marcan. And it strongly hints at a PS4 hack, specifically, installing Linux on the PS4.
Looking at the content of the talk again, we see: Console Hacking 2015: Penguins on Aeolia – To boldly go where no penguin has gone before.
What do we make of this? Well, it’s going to be a presentation about console hacking (duh), and it’s probably going to be about installing Linux (penguins). Because the presentation states “where no penguin has gone before”, it is safe to assume we’re talking of one of the new generation consoles (Wii U, XBO, or PS4).
The last, and probably most crucial part of the title, is “Aeolia”.
WTH is Aeolia? Well, digging into the PS4 Dev Wiki (thanks John!), we find lots of references to Aeolia in the PS4 Boot process log. At this point, it is now very likely that Marcan’s talk is going to be about installing Linux on the PS4.
Now, the talk is short (5 minutes), so Fail0verflow will probably only showcase that they have Linux running on the console, without going into details of the hack. That part might, or might not, happen next year.
It’s unclear at this point if this PS4 Jailbreak will be running on the latest firmware, or 1.76 and below just like the most recent announced PS4 Kernel exploit. So, do you think this will be a huge reveal, or just some kind of troll?
Many thanks to John who sent me the wiki link!
I was just contacted with a link to the CCC Wiki, indicating that Marcan, one of the main members of Team Fail0verflow (known for having hacked the Wii U, and, before that, the PS3), will be having a talk at the CCC event this year. The talk is entitled: “Console Hacking 2015: Penguins on Aeolia”
So how does this point to a PS4 hack? Well, let’s rewind a bit.
What is the CCC?
Wikipedia tells us: The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club. The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues related to Security, Cryptography, Privacy and online Freedom of Speech.Every year a bunch of hackers meet at the CCC and talk about hacking and security. Console hacking, every year, is a big part of the conference. This year, Smealum will be there to talk about his work on the 3DS, and apparently fail0verflow will be here too.
CCC is big, back in the days, Tyranid also explained the PSP Prometheus project at the CCC. The Prometheus project resulted in what is known today as the Pandora batteries for PSP, a way to mod the PSP batteries so that the PSP will enter “maintenance mode” and make it possible to install custom firmwares and downgrades.
Who are Fail0verflow?
Fail0verflow are the group who hacked the PS3. You might remember the screenshot below:Defeating the PS3 encryption was definitely not Fail0verflow’s only successful hack. They were also the first ones to run unsigned code on the Wii in 2007, and hacked the Wii U two years ago.
So in general, when these guys have a presentation at the CCC, you know something heavy is going to happen.
Penguins on Aeolia == Linux on PS4?
Aeolia, the Floating Island
This new entry in the Wiki however indicates a full presentation from Marcan. And it strongly hints at a PS4 hack, specifically, installing Linux on the PS4.
Looking at the content of the talk again, we see: Console Hacking 2015: Penguins on Aeolia – To boldly go where no penguin has gone before.
What do we make of this? Well, it’s going to be a presentation about console hacking (duh), and it’s probably going to be about installing Linux (penguins). Because the presentation states “where no penguin has gone before”, it is safe to assume we’re talking of one of the new generation consoles (Wii U, XBO, or PS4).
The last, and probably most crucial part of the title, is “Aeolia”.
WTH is Aeolia? Well, digging into the PS4 Dev Wiki (thanks John!), we find lots of references to Aeolia in the PS4 Boot process log. At this point, it is now very likely that Marcan’s talk is going to be about installing Linux on the PS4.
Now, the talk is short (5 minutes), so Fail0verflow will probably only showcase that they have Linux running on the console, without going into details of the hack. That part might, or might not, happen next year.
It’s unclear at this point if this PS4 Jailbreak will be running on the latest firmware, or 1.76 and below just like the most recent announced PS4 Kernel exploit. So, do you think this will be a huge reveal, or just some kind of troll?
Many thanks to John who sent me the wiki link!
Linux on PS4: More confirmation bubbling up from the scene
We revealed yesterday that Fail0verflow might have a surprise for the scene at the end of the year: They probably have Linux running on the PS4.
Our article apparently triggered some reaction from the scene, as we’re now receiving more and more data confirming that our guess was indeed true (I want to thank John once again for pointing me to this information yesterday).
Since we revealed the upcoming “Penguins on Aeolia” presentation from Fail0verflow and how it means they have Linux running on PS4, people have shared more confirmation with me:
Zecoxao, who’s very close to the PS3/PS4 dev scene, shared a screenshot on Twitter,, showing some reverse engineering work on what appears to be PS4 system files:
More and more compelling evidence is showing up that we’ll see Linux running on the PS4 this year. Please keep in mind that no release date has been hinted. Fail0verflow, although they did hack the Wii U 2 years ago, never released their Wii U files. It is likely the same could happen for the PS4.
Earlier today, PlaystationHax shared a screenshot of a dump of the PS4 filesystem root. But our understanding is that the Filesystem dump and Fail0verflow’s work are not directly related.
Since we revealed the upcoming “Penguins on Aeolia” presentation from Fail0verflow and how it means they have Linux running on PS4, people have shared more confirmation with me:
Zecoxao, who’s very close to the PS3/PS4 dev scene, shared a screenshot on Twitter,, showing some reverse engineering work on what appears to be PS4 system files:
@frwololo i hope that is confirmation enough for you
— José Miguel (@zecoxao) December 23, 2015
People also contacted me to let me know that Fail0verflow had posted a suggestive screenshot on their twitter account last week:
pic.twitter.com/4ZjufJrV2p — fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) December 16, 2015
More and more compelling evidence is showing up that we’ll see Linux running on the PS4 this year. Please keep in mind that no release date has been hinted. Fail0verflow, although they did hack the Wii U 2 years ago, never released their Wii U files. It is likely the same could happen for the PS4.
Earlier today, PlaystationHax shared a screenshot of a dump of the PS4 filesystem root. But our understanding is that the Filesystem dump and Fail0verflow’s work are not directly related.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
PS4 Code Execution: Some Details
Hacker CTurt announced a few days ago that he has “code execution on the PS4“.
Many asked for clarifications on this statement, others told me this
wasn’t CTurt’s exploit to release… details were obviously needed.
CTurt has contacted me lately to share a few details
PS4 Code Execution: Firmware 1.76 only
I
had the hope this would mean some cool stuff down the road for users on
current PS4 firmware. CTurt confirmed the exploit is 1.76 only. Now,
this could lead to additional information being found in the system for
owners of more “up to date” firmwares, but for now don’t expect anything
from this if you’re not on PS4 1.76
PS4 Code execution: for devs only
CTurt
mentions he was given information by flat_z for this. It was strongly
hinted to me that they are not the two only ones who know about the
trick used to get code execution on PS4 1.76. What CTurt told me is that
this is useful for devs only at this point. I assumed the trick is
shared between hackers (although I’m not sure it’s that much of a secret
at this point, people who’ve been following up on twitter can easily
find leads on the technique used – and yes, this goes through the webkit
exploit -) who are helping with the PS4 SDK.
CTurt
mentioned however, that if they reach a point where a homebrew launcher
can be made, he’ll consider doing a public release.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
God of War III Remastered - Kratos vs Hades Boss Battle (PS4)
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Scam of the Day: PS4Jailbreaker dot com. More surveys for you, more money for them
PS4Jailbreaker .com is a scam, they won’t “jailbreak” your PS4, they will just ask you to fill a survey for which they will get paid, and you won’t get anything in exchange. If you want the latest and greatest news about the possibility to hack your PS4, bookmark our “PS4 CFW for Dummies” page, which will have all the information needed, the day a hack is actually made public. Please share this information with your more gullible friends, who don’t know the difference between reputable scene websites, and stupid cash grab schemes.
It’s been a while since I last debunked one of those fake “Vita iso” or “PS4 iso” websites.
Yesterday one of these sites had the audacity of posting a link to their *** directly in the comments of my blog. So I decided I’d thank them, by calling them out publicly for their scammy website.
The website involved here is fake website ps4jailbreaker .com. PS4Jailbreaker .com is a scam website, put in place to make a quick buck on some fake download.
The site is an unoriginal and typical scam (I guess people still fall for these, so next time someone asks you if this is real, kindly point them to this article). PS4Jailbreaker .com pretend to offer a free jailbreak of your PS4, all you have to do is complete a survey to get your download. The surveys will take some of your precious time, and the owners of the site will get paid for each complete survey.
The chances of you actually getting your download at the end of the survey are slim at best. The possibility of you actually being able to “jailbreak” (hack) your PS4 with whatever you end up downloading, is 0.
It is not possible at the time of this writing to fully hack a PS4. When something looks too good to be true, it’s because it’s too good to be true. You can avoid scams such as PS4Jailbreaker .com by simply using this thing that us human beings call a brain: If there existed a method to hack the PS4 like these guys pretend to offer, all major scene websites would be talking about it, *before* you even realize the method exists. We have a community of thousands of people here, looking daily for all possible news related to hacking the PS4. It is statistically impossible that you could find out a “revolutionary” technique that we haven’t heard of.
The day a hack of the PS4 will exist, it will be on the front page of this website and other major scene websites. Heck, it will probably also be in the news of mainstream technology sites. So, don’t feel clever because you only just found out about the fake claims of PS4Jailbreaker .com, you’re actually on the verge of netting these guys $5 of your time, for nothing in return.
When a hack for the PS4 is truly available, it will be explained in details on our “PS4 CFW for dummies” page. That’s the page you need to bookmark for news on that.
Besides this very easy way to detect scam websites such as PS4Jailbreaker .com, you can also see that the techniques used on their website are fairly obvious: newly created website for the purpose of the product (the only people doing this are people selling a new hardware mod such as Sky3DS or trueblue.
When it comes to software hacks, you will usually hear about those on a hacker’s blog, twitter account, and here, before anyone thinks of even creating a dedicated websites. Hackers are too busy actually hacking, they usually won’t create a brand new website for one of their releases!)
Very typical of these websites too is the suspicious “did this hack work for you” vote system. Again, real hackers wouldn’t care about putting such a dumb thing in place.
Again, whenever a hack comes for the PS4, you’ll hear about it almost instantly on this site and other reputable sources. Don’t try and think you’re more clever than everybody else because you found an unvisited dark corner of the intertubes: most likely you’ll get mugged. This is the case with the scam on PS4Jailbreaker .com, a site that will basically steal your time to fulfill a survey, make money out of it, and leave you with nothing. Not dangerous per se, but definitely not worth your time.
(For the conspiracy theorists out there, feel free to actually try. You’ll give these guys the money from your survey, and will end up with nothing in exchange. That will be a great life lesson for you)
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