Topic: Ps3 Ever Going To Be Hackable? (Read 89 times)

matallica28 · « **on:** December 25, 2008, 03:23:00 PM »

Will the PS3 ever be hackable? Considering the Wii and XBOX360 is already hackable will the PS3 ever be hackable this gen?

vildzek · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2008, 06:08:00 PM »

With constant updates, less chances. Before ps4 maybe.

matallica28 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2008, 05:04:00 PM »

I just hope my games don't become too scratched that they wont play, where having a backup would have been handy.

vildzek · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2008, 07:22:00 PM »

Hope 2009 will be the year, but the hackers must make some soft to downgrade from any firmware, then focus to hack it. With constant updates, sony patch everything.

XBLamer · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2009, 09:34:00 AM »

IBM spent a lot of time designing this one and they put the ps3 encryption Keys inside the cell processor so there really is no way to ever hack this without knowing the key. Even if you get a Cell CPU PCI board (mercury computers makes one) and build a replica PS3 you still don't have the keys so your shit out of luck my friends.

XBLamer · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2009, 10:09:00 AM »

Actually I just gave this 30 seconds of thought. If I was going to attempt to hack it I would write a watchdog that can run in one of the SPE's Then find a simple game that does not use or check the status of the SPE's then switch out of the game back to the menu somehow load the application into the SPE switch back to the game and have it pull the pre and post encrypted data as it is loaded into the CPU unencrypted and then executed. At this point you would have two copies of the data 1 encrypted and 1 unencrypted. Now do a brute force on the code using a grid of computers with high end Nvidia GPUs.

commandersafi · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2009, 09:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(XBLamer @ Jan 1 2009, 11:45 AM)

Actually I just gave this 30 seconds of thought. If I was going to attempt to hack it I would write a watchdog that can run in one of the SPE's Then find a simple game that does not use or check the status of the SPE's then switch out of the game back to the menu somehow load the application into the SPE switch back to the game and have it pull the pre and post encrypted data as it is loaded into the CPU unencrypted and then executed. At this point you would have two copies of the data 1 encrypted and 1 unencrypted. Now do a brute force on the code using a grid of computers with high end Nvidia GPUs.

And whats your thoughts how to get this "watchdog" app that you speak of to run?

ludacrisvp · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2009, 03:27:00 AM »

And what would the need for the "grid of computers with high end Nvidia GPUs." be?
The GPUs aren't going to help in a brute force attack... but ok good luck with that.

XBLamer · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2009, 08:02:00 PM »

hhmmm to run a prog in SPE while a game is running would be hard.
Don't think a save game xploits will work Sony learnt from XBOX (although nintendo missed it with zelda)

Some options

modchip / modified bios we should be able to execute unsigned code.
Look for a sony home hack to upload a scripted object.
Little big planet is interesting been poking around with that.

The other option is a disgruntled employees who is getting laid off at one the game studios could put a trojan in for us :-)

As for not being able to use GPU's to crack keys google CUDA.

Author Topic: Ps3 Ever Going To Be Hackable? (Read 89 times)