Right Let's Try This Again: PS3 Hypervisor Hacked

itxaka said:
1- he has isolated a spu
2- he has initialize it
3- he has load metldr on it
4- he has been able to lauch gameos from otheros, with the help of the metldr on the isolated spu
5- after loading gameos, he has privilages to change things around while the HV looks and says nothing

Wow if true. As he said when he launched the exploit " the rest is software"
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When did any of this happen? Last we heard he didn't have any root keys for the isolated SPU and aren't those needed to run assigned code?
 
itxaka said:
1- he has isolated a spu
2- he has initialize it
3- he has load metldr on it
4- he has been able to lauch gameos from otheros, with the help of the metldr on the isolated spu
5- after loading gameos, he has privilages to change things around while the HV looks and says nothing

Wow if true. As he said when he launched the exploit " the rest is software"
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This is pretty convincing right here if true.

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JudgeN said:
When did any of this happen? Last we heard he didn't have any root keys for the isolated SPU and aren't those needed to run assigned code?
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As far as i know, you dont need the root key if the spu is isolated. Of course, you aré not supposed to put a spu on isolated mode, and much less load metldr on it as it can decryt anything you give it, without the root key.
 
itxaka said:
As far as i know, you dont need the root key if the spu is isolated. Of course, you aré not supposed to put a spu on isolated mode, and much less load metldr on it as it can decryt anything you give it, without the root key.
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Well, almost anything. iirc, there's a few things that the SPU can't decrypt since they actually run on that SPU, like the loaders themselves.
 
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Kittonwy said:
Doesn't look like it matches actually, looks slanted.
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As does the other text, in the same angle.



The thing is, I don't really believe this proves much as far as custom firmwares/etc goes. He just changed one string with another.
 
Metalmurphy said:
As does the other text, in the same angle.



The thing is, I don't really believe this proves much as far as custom firmwares/etc goes. He just changed one string with another.
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It's not quite the same angle though, the angle is a little off, it looks like he simply shopped it. It would have been more convincing if he just films a video.
 
Kittonwy said:
Doesn't look like it matches actually, looks slanted.
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I opened it up in photoshop and drew a line that was perfectly aligned with the top line from the XMB. Then, I moved it down under the text, and set its colour to green.

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It does look unaligned, but you can see that it's because the bottom part of the "gaf" is cut-off by a compression artifact. That's just aliasing causing it to look unaligned.
 
Pandaman said:
a straight line wont have aliasing. >_>
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If the line is on an angle it will. The line in the real world is horizontal, but the camera is tilted.

EDIT: Also, I probably should have read the previous page before doing this... It seems I'm late to the party. And they also picked green. XD
 
Uh guys, that's the same photo shopped to change the words, look at the stuff surrounding the TV, completely identical. I guess santi_yo is trying to pull off a "hilarious" jape.
 
onken said:
Uh guys, that's the same photo shopped to change the words, look at the stuff surrounding the TV, completely identical. I guess santi_yo is trying to pull off a "hilarious" jape.
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Which more or less proves that a photo isn't proof of anything.
 
itxaka said:
1- he has isolated a spu
2- he has initialize it
3- he has load metldr on it
4- he has been able to lauch gameos from otheros, with the help of the metldr on the isolated spu
5- after loading gameos, he has privilages to change things around while the HV looks and says nothing
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6 - He Can Has Cheezburger?
 
onken said:
It's almost as if we were saying that 100 posts ago.
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I did mention that I probably should have read the previous page before going off to do that. :lol

...So, don't mind me. I'm a little late to the party.
 
I think I know what's happening. Yes, not only has he successfully hacked the PS3, but he's also got Photoshop running on it. So what you're seeing is a photoshopped image taken from a PS3 running Photoshop.
 
Does this really matter? Even if it has been compromised, that only means that fat models can be exploited, Slims have no access to the OtherOs, so in effect, the PS3 isn't hacked, only the fat model has been hacked.
 
expy said:
Does this really matter? Even if it has been compromised, that only means that fat models can be exploited, Slims have no access to the OtherOs, so in effect, the PS3 isn't hacked, only the fat model has been hacked.
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So the fat model isn't a PS3 anymore? Darn, I didn't get the memo.
 
Slavik81 said:
If the line is on an angle it will. The line in the real world is horizontal, but the camera is tilted.
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ah, misinterpreted what you were tryign to do.


call me a lazy photoshoper, but it'd have been easier to use the line provided under system update, wouldn't it? :P since you know that its straight and on the same angle as the photo.
 
Word on the street is that yes, the picture is real. Geohot really did modify something on the PS3 to make those words show up in GameOS.

And that something is an unencrypted resource file in part of the flash he wrote to from linux.
geohot
When I posted this, I didn't know the PS3 had real custom themes (what I get for not actually being a user). This is how custom themes worked on the PSP pre firmware 3.70.
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The short version of this is if you're looking for a true "Hello World", you may commence with the :lol :lol now. No custom code has been executed in GameOS, nothing that's encrypted already has been changed.

The long version is... well, hell if I know. Maybe there's something else fun that's unencrypted in the GameOS system files? Unlikely.
 
Why the hell people are mentioning custom themes? PS3 standard custom themes has everything one can wish for and officially released editor. Why one would want to hack a system for this?
 
PuppetMaster said:
Error level analysis
http://errorlevelanalysis.com/permalink/c33db12/

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ErrorLevelAnalysis.com said:
It is worth noting that edges and areas red in colour are often depicted as brighter in the ELA tests. This due to the way the photos are saved by various programs. It is not proof that image was manipulated.
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Also, why would he risk ruining his own reputation by posting a fake and being called out on it? He has full control over it all, not like he's got some sort of deadline to meet.

If he can't do it, then it's better to fade into obscurity than to fall from grace. Think about it.
 
androvsky said:
Word on the street is that yes, the picture is real. Geohot really did modify something on the PS3 to make those words show up in GameOS.

And that something is an unencrypted resource file in part of the flash he wrote to from linux.


The short version of this is if you're looking for a true "Hello World", you may commence with the :lol :lol now. No custom code has been executed in GameOS, nothing that's encrypted already has been changed.

The long version is... well, hell if I know. Maybe there's something else fun that's unencrypted in the GameOS system files? Unlikely.
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for some reason your post continues to be ignored.
 
So even if it wasn't photoshopped or anything, all it was was changing some text in unencrypted files in relation to custom themes that have been entirely editable for...what years now? And he didn't know this? Guess he's not prepared to admit defeat yet and we'll get these shitty parlour tricks until he slinks off with his tail between his legs.
 
You do realize that projects like these inevitably start off with similar baby steps before they develop into full-blown procedures?
 
I don't care for pirating but honestly I think a better measure of how hacked a game console has been will be when they release 1 zillion mod kits from China to copy pirated games.

Since we don't have that yet I would consider this "work in progress".

Frankly, the fact the PS3 hasn't been modded playing pirate games yet is some kind of console record isn't it?
 
Mejilan said:
You do realize that projects like these inevitably start off with similar baby steps before they develop into full-blown procedures?
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His exploit maybe. This rather stupid fake "Hello World" gains him nothing.
 
Truespeed said:
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Ok photoframe has piqued my attention but I can't help but feel that If he'd really hacked the ps3 then translator guy would be hanging around somewhere in the background...

On a serious note: given it was geohot i was inclined to believe the initial reports but the hello world is shopped as fuck.
 
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