New PS3 feature: Rootkit inside

[Mangoose]

There were already a few rumours around that stated that Sony’s latest firmware update 3.56 contains a rootkit that gives sony certain remote access. The Hacker Mathieulh just confirmed that. The rootkit grants Sony access to your Playstation 3 when you log into the PSN. Afterwards they scan for homebrew apps and unpleseant content that Sony does not approve. Sony can therefore delete homebrew apps and disable jailbreaks without the owner’s knowledge.

Originally Posted by N.A:
For those who are curious about the new PS3 security, it seems Sony has implemented something in 3.56 I mentioned here a few weeks ago that is the same as Microsoft uses to detect and ban 360′s.

Mathieulh just posted about it on IRC.

Essentially Sony can now remotely execute code on the PS3 as soon as you connect. This can do whatever Sony wants it to do such as verifying system files or searching for homebrew. Sony can change the code and add new detection methods without any firmware updates and as the code executes remotely there is no reliable way to forge the replies.

Whilst it is possible to patch or remove this code from the firmware this will likely mean the end of playing CFW online (as PSN can just check before login that this is active) or at the very least mean it will be even easier for Sony to detect and ban users.

Judging from the fact that people can still connect using the proxy method it seems Sony hasn’t activated any of this yet but the functions are there in the new firmware.

http://leakerz.net/wp/2011/02/02/new-ps ... it-inside/

 

[SCO]

I would think that the new "pirate" (or "free") firmware would ban upgrades until they were cracked. In order for the new upgrades to run, they have to use the old keys or go in the clear. Disabling those functions after the fact will not be impossible (though server side sniffing for hacked firmware is likely to happen).


Since online gaming sucks diseased ass though, who gives a shit?

 

[KalosKagathos]

Welp, no more PSN for me. I don't have any pirated software or pr0n on my PS3 to feel guilty or embarrassed about, but the thought of Sony having this kind of access to my property bothers me. Coincidentally, PSN was the only thing that kept me from playing around with homebrew. Splendid job there, Sony.

 

[Arem]

I said on irc that I saw small hints of possible remote execution code in 3.56, not the code itself, people should stop miss-interpreting.

I am tired of seeing sentences I write on irc being somewhat modified and then newsed all over way out of proportion...

 

[MetalCraze]

Suddenly as a PC gamer I feel myself a superior ubermensch.


Again.

 

[Furious Flaming Faggot]

There are times when you don't feel like a superior ubermensch?

 

[MetalCraze]

There were times when I felt like a less superior ubermensch. Which was before this thread.

 

[DraQ]

Sony using rootkits?

I'm speechless.

No, seriously.

I am.

Really.

 

[Konjad]

Suddenly as a PC gamer I feel myself a superior ubermensch.


Again.

 

[DraQ]

I said on irc that I saw small hints of possible remote execution code in 3.56, not the code itself, people should stop miss-interpreting.

I am tired of seeing sentences I write on irc being somewhat modified and then newsed all over way out of proportion...

 

[KalosKagathos]

There are times when you don't feel like a superior ubermensch?

Every time he realizes that ARMA 2 is the only PC game that isn't a console port suffering from poorly implemented K&M controls and restrictive DRM in years. Then he remembers all the quality DLC ARMA 2 has been getting and feels again.

 

[Jaesun]

Since I don't pirate games or mod my PS3 I don't really give a shit. I mainly use it to play classic PS games and watch Netflix on it.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

Since the PS3 doesn't have games, what would you pirate on it anyway? Oblivion?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Welp, no more PSN for me. I don't have any pirated software or pr0n on my PS3 to feel guilty or embarrassed about, but the thought of Sony having this kind of access to my property bothers me.

Google Sony is watching you

 

[DraQ]

Welp, no more PSN for me. I don't have any pirated software or pr0n on my PS3 to feel guilty or embarrassed about, but the thought of Sony having this kind of access to my property bothers me.

Google Sony is watching you

Meanwhile at Microsoft: