PlayStation Network outage caused by ‘external intrusion’
It started on a quiet Wednesday night, with PlayStation gamers finding their Network unresponsive to their login attempts, and now continues well into its third day. Sony has now finally shed some light on the problems it’s been having with PSN and, to nobody’s surprise, the culprit for its troubles has been identified as “an external intrusion.” The current downtime for PSN is the second of its kind this month, with the Anonymous group of online crusaders claiming responsibility for the first. Sony now intends to keep both PSN and its Qriocity music streaming service offline until it can pinpoint the vulnerability that has been exploited and put a stop to it. Skip past the break for the company’s full statement.
Update: The PlayStation Blog has added an update to its US portal this evening that suggests the service disruption may continue for a good while longer — according to Sony’s Patrick Seybold, the company is “rebuilding our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure,” and working non-stop to do so.
PS3 Firmware 3.56 Hacked / Jailbroken In Less Than 24 Hours !
Well that didn’t take long! As Engadget reports, Sony’s latest PS3 firmware v3.56 has been hacked in just 24 hours after its release.
With Sony obtaining a restraining order against hacking master George (Geohot) Hotz, it was left to KaKaRoToKS to work the magic, and the community was not disappointed. He has posted the signing keys online, and so it is now only a matter of time when custom firmwares for 3.56 are released.
CVG explains:
Wii hacker Youness Alaoui, also known as KaKaRoToKs, announced on Twitter that he’d successfully unpacked the firmware and published its signing keys, opening the door for new custom firmware to be created that would mimic the latest update and allow hacked PS3s to regain access to PSN.
Presumably this will now lead to another update coming for the PlayStation 3 with Sony hoping to close the door once and for all.
Playstation 3 – 3.55 Compatible Homebrew
here is a list of “packages” to install on your jailbroken PS3
- blackb0x ftp 1.2 (1.16 MB)
- Comgenies_Awesome_Filemanager_For _Firmware_3.55.rar (1.49 MB)
- FBANext_355.rar (6.84 MB)
- fceuPS3_1_3_fw3_55.rar (2.3 MB)
- Genesisplus_GX_V1.1_355.rar (2.35 MB)
- LuaPlayer PS3 2.0.zip (2.11 MB)
- mednafen355.rar (2.48 MB)
- multiMAN.rar (1.73 MB)
- openman2.1_3.55.rar (1.24 MB)
- pngtest.rar (64.93 KB)
- snes9x-ps3-4.4.1-fw3.55_2.rar (4.35 MB)
- snes9x-ps3-4.4.3.zip (11.59 MB)
- snes9x.rar (736.78 KB)
- vba-ps3-v1.01.zip (9.53 MB)
Download:
http://www.console-spot.com/homebrew-downloads/ps3-homebrew/
or
http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/01/signed-ps3-homebrew-list-and-download/#axzz1Afwy5wBl
of course if u haven’t already jailbroken your PS3 read the guide posted here.
Official PlayStation app for iPhone now available in select countries
Sony announced its official PlayStation app was coming to iOS last month, and now it has landed on the App Store. The PlayStation App hooks into Sony’s PlayStation network by requiring you to log in using your network ID. The gaming-oriented application lets you follow your friends, find the games they own and read their status updates. You can also monitor the trophies that you have earned and keep track of current happenings via the PlayStation blog. While the PlayStation app lets you digest gaming-related information and browse your friends’ info, it does not let you play actual games.
Version 1.0 of the app is free and can be downloaded from the App Store. The app will launch initially in select countries such as France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, with expansion to other countries expected soon. It is compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch running iOS 4.0 or later.
Sony asks for restraining order against Geohot, fail0verflow over PS3 exploits
We knew Sony would be non-plussed about the PlayStation 3 jailbreak, and now we have a better idea as to the full extent of its anger. The company has filed suit against George “Geohot” Hotz, the “hacking group” fail0verflow (Hector Cantero, Sven Peter, “Bushing,” and “Segher”), and numerous John / Jane Does over the exploit and its release. To be more specific, the company cites violations of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, various copyright infringements, and other acts of binary malfeasance. A temporary restraining order has also been sought, asking that all “circumvention tools” be taken offline and his computers and related media (i.e. anything storing said tools) be impounded. It looks like Geohot’s servers are being slammed at the moment, so we’ve gone ahead and hosted the relevant PDFs ourselves below. We’re still sifting through ourselves and will let you know what we unearth.
Update: Nilay here — let’s take a look at what’s going on. This isn’t a “lawsuit” in the traditional sense, since Sony hasn’t filed a complaint for copyright infringement or whatever against Geohot and friends. Instead, the company appears to be trying to shove the genie back in the bottle and have the jailbreak and any information about the jailbreak removed from the web by filing a temporary restraining order. That might work in the short term — Geohot’s already pulled his pages down — but history suggests that the forces of paperwork rarely triumph over the righteous anger of nerds, and that this code is out there for good. That said, we’ll see what the court says tomorrow; although we very much doubt Sony’s melodramatic proposed motion and order will be granted as written, we wouldn’t be surprised if some sort of order is eventually granted — and then from there a formal lawsuit is likely just a few days away.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
How to Jailbreak PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.55
So finally geohot released a jailbreak for PS3 after releasing the root keys days ago. here is a guide how to jailbreak PS3 pretty easy to do. just did it to mine couple mins ago :p
From: geohot.com
it’s jailbreak time
open the zip, you know how to install
3.55 only
would be pirates, don’t waste your time
do not mirror file, link to geohot.com
no donations accepted right now, don’t get scammedHow to Jailbreak PS3 on v3.55 Firmware:
//PS3 3.55 Jailbreak Instructions //StealthBravo With geohot's PS3 jailbreak, you /can't/ play backup games or /pirated/ games or whatever you choose to call them. You can install packages with the provided installer. More packages will be coming from the PS3 jailbreak community in the coming weeks and months. To Jailbreak PS3 on 3.55 only 1. Plug a USB stick into your computer 2. Create a folder in the root of the USB stick called PS3 3. Create a folder inside the PS3 folder called UPDATE 4. Download http://geohot.com/jailbreak.zip 5. Unzip Jailbreak.zip to PS3UPDAT.PUP 6. Move PS3UPDAT.PUP to the directory UPDATE that you just created on the USB stick 7. Plug the USB stick into your PS3 8. Navigate to Settings Tab 9. Choose System Update 10. Choose Update via Storage Media 11. It will say it found Version 3.55-jb 12. Choose OK 13. Accept Conditions and Install Update 14. After less than a minute, your PS3 will update, beep 4 times then shut down. 15. Power up your PS3 (You will have to do it on the console and not by the controller) 16. Your PS3 is now jailbroken! To Install Packages 1. Plug your USB stick into your computer 2. Drop http://geohot.com/test.pkg into the root of the USB stick 3. Plug your USB stick into your PS3 4. Navigate to the Game Tab 5. Choose Install Package Files 6. Select the test.pkg 7. After it installs you will find the test package from geohot installed below the Install Package Files folder 8. Wait for more packages to be created by the PS3 community
Thanks to StealthBravo