Saturday, November 19, 2011

Mathieulh Decrypts lv0 on PS3 Firmware 3.73


While Mathieulh certainly knows his shit, especially when it comes to hacking the PS3 and boasting about it, but what I guess he hasn't learned is basic, early childhood sharing. Yes, Mathieulh has successfully decrypted firmware 3.73 at the lowest of levels; no, he doesn't plan on sharing it with anyone ... not after this leak.
Say what you will of Mathieulh and his narcissistic ways, you still gotta give him props... No one else has managed to decrypt lv0 on 3.73 yet ... or at least no one has bragged about it publicly, revealing their methods.
No worries though, sooner or later someone'll figure it out and share it with the rest of us. And that leaked metldr exploit may help too, making it sooner rather than later.
- source: @mathieulh

Skyrim Patch Coming Soon



The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of those games that had a lot of hype behind it. Not COD hype, but hype nonetheless. So it was a bit disappointing when people got their hands on the game and experienced some graphic issues. PS3 users reported some texture streaming problems and for Xbox 360 users, they found that if theyinstalled the game on their hard drive that they also experienced texture issues.
But Bethesda's Pete Hines is looking to put a stop to all that. The game's only been out for a matter of days, but Hines has assured the fans that a Skyrim patch is on the way. Mr. Hines urges patience, tweeting, "Patches/updates take a little time. We can't turn it around quite that fast. It's been three days. Calm down, we're working on it." and "We are continuing to work on an update for all platforms to address issues any bug and perf issues we can."
Possibly in response to being deluged by angry fans via Twitter, Mr. Hines urged those who experienced said issues to report them via a form on the Bethesda website, stating, "[It's] much better than trying to go thru me."
Pete Hines is Bethesda's lead PR and Marketing guy, so he has a good handle on where things stand, but you can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy at this point. On the other hand, one would think that when you buy a videogame you are getting a complete product, not something that can be fixed via the Internet weeks down the road after you buy it. What about those gamers playing somewhere in which they can't download the update? Where's their compensation? It's something to think about. 

MW3 Drives Millions to PSN and Will Be On PS Vita



The Modern Warfare 3 success train continues to roll on. While we've all heard the phenomenal numbers and records coming out regarding MW3's sales and multiplayer activity on Xbox Live, Sony has been a little mum. Instead of releasing numbers, Jack Tretton, President and SEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America has released a statement.
"In just over a week, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been hugely successful on PlayStation 3, and continues to drive millions of players globally to PlayStation Network with its unprecedented and engaging online multiplayer experience. The Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest entertainment brands on the planet, delivering gameplay experiences like no other which is why we're also excited to bring the Call of Duty franchise to our highly-anticipated next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, where we expect fans will continue their dedication to the most amazingCall of Duty experiences whether in the home or on the go."
Of course, without releasing the numbers this is so much chaff. Though it is good to hear that COD will make its way to the Vita, Sony should be letting us know exactly what kind of numbers they are seeing. One must assume that they don't want to open up a new can of worms in their competition with Xbox, which is understandable. What do you think? Will you be playing COD on the Vita?

OpenPS3FTPSplit PS3 FTP Split Homebrew Application Arrives


Following up on OpenPS3FTP, today French PlayStation 3 developer Onishin has released OpenPS3FTPSplit which allows users to split files over 4GB in size for transfers.

Download: OpenPS3FTPSplit for PS3

Driver San Francisco PSN PS3 CFW Fix By DUPLEX is Released!


Today PlayStation 3 scene release group DUPLEX has released a Driver San Francisco PSN PS3 Fix for all PS3 Custom Firmware users, which proves once again a True Blue CFW dongle isn't necessary!

Read more: http://www.ps3news.com/#ixzz1eBgVFRzv

New Leak:LV2Diag & ObjectiveSuite With Instructions – CFW 3.73 Claimed




Some news regarding a release from an anonymous source calling himself "Anon0" has been circulating on the net. At first the files leaked to various sites was infected by a Trojan that bypassed a few firewalls and some sites ended up being offline for a while. Anon0 claims that the files leaked can lead to custom firmware 3.73 and as any long term scene follower would say... prove it! Also reported is that if one where to use these files incorrectly you will brick your PS3. Not to mention the fact that in order to use them you will have to enter service mode. Which any informed person would know, how do you get out of service mode? The news in question is still being looked at so don't get excited yet, however reports suggest that some of the files can be of use to developers.


“an0n” claims that this can lead to 3.73 CFW (we are not saying that it will), but various other devs are saying different things. Speaking to a handful of other devs, there seems to be some use for it so clearly this is not for the end user, but these tools are being put out there for anyone who is interested to experiment with.

The following was pulled form previous news post about what “an0n” said about this release. There are some true facts in there but several unknown or unconfirmed by a handful of PS3 devs around the scene:

Message from Anon0:


Hello PS3 Scene, this is another anonymous leak!

I would like to be called: anon0 to prevent confusion with all the other ‘anonymous’ members

2 months ago, a CEX-to-DEX came out which needed the request-idps.txt

It was all accomplished by .SIG files and ObjectiveSuites, they are encrypted files which carry out specific commands to the PS3

We are now bringing THREE new .SIG files which can be used with 3.73 FW to carry out certain ‘tasks’
Figure what it can do by yourself… And samples of many files can be found there which can aid in 3.73 getting hacked…
To use ObjSuites: Put PS3 in service mode, connect PS3 to PC by ethernet cable, IP Address to 192.168.0.100

Copy files from objcon to root of your usb drive
Start ObjectiveSuites, then power the PS3
All info necessary will be in the temp folder in objectivesuites…

This is a part-of-the-equation of hacking the 3.73

Some notes: I can guarantee something: There are many exploits present when ObjSuites connects to PS3, it forms a trusting bond… ObjSuites gets LV0/LV1 access
Use this with care…


More Details:
I also bring more detail from an0n, the leaker himself bringing more information and clarification on this leak:
10:44 anonym0us – Okay
10:44 anonym0us – let me explain
10:44 anonym0us – ObjectiveSuites is used in combination with a jig
10:45 anonym0us – It allows more things to be done while PS3 is in service mode
10:45 anonym0us – something like 2 months ago
10:45 anonym0us – There was a leak
10:45 anonym0us – that allowed Retail->Debug
10:45 anonym0us – but it required a person getting request_idps.txt
10:45 anonym0us – from Sony
10:45 anonym0us – It was accomplished by a .SIG file
10:46 anonym0us – .SIG files carry out commands to the PS3
10:46 anonym0us – So
10:46 anonym0us – I got hands on 3 more .SIG files
10:46 anonym0us – Which report all kinds of things about the PS3
10:46 anonym0us – But, there is another thing
10:46 anonym0us – When ObjSuites is used with the PS3 in service mode
10:46 anonym0us – We can exploit the PS3
10:47 anonym0us – Sony never bothered fixing bugs between the ObjSuites-PS3 connection
10:47 anonym0us – Reason?
10:47 anonym0us – The original ObjSuites required a membership to SCEDevNet
10:48 anonym0us – this is cracked
10:48 anonym0us – So
10:48 anonym0us – yeha
10:48 anonym0us – yeah
10:48 anonym0us – thats pretty much it
10:48 anonym0us – When PS3 connects to ObjSuites
10:48 anonym0us – you get LV0/LV1 access
10:48 anonym0us – you get LV0/LV1 access
10:48 anonym0us – So with a bit of tinkering
10:48 anonym0us – You can be sure that you can get the PS3 to do what you want ot
10:48 anonym0us – to*
10:48 anonym0us – And thats pretty much it