wraggster
September 11th, 2018, 20:02
Besides the particular trait of being nice, there’s not much information about firmware 3.69 yet, or why it got released just now. The previous firmware update, 3.68, was released 5 months ago by Sony, and it was pretty much everyone’s expectation that we wouldn’t see significant firmware updates for the Playstation Vita moving forward.
Firmware 3.68 is vulnerable to h-encore (http://wololo.net/tag/h-encore/), a full exploit on the PS Vita. There’s a possibility, although it’s not been confirmed, that 3.69 patches the exploit. Alternatively, it could be an unrelated patch to close some Vita related services on the PSN, just like we’ve seen a few years ago with an unexpected PSP update (http://wololo.net/2015/01/16/risen-from-the-dead-psp-firmware-6-61-is-now-available/).
At the time of writing, Sony’s official site still says the latest firmware is 3.68.
As always, if you use a hacked console (or want to hack it at some point), we advise not to update, until details surface on what firmware 3.69 actually brings to the table.
via http://wololo.net/2018/09/11/ps-vita-firmware-3-69-released/
Firmware 3.68 is vulnerable to h-encore (http://wololo.net/tag/h-encore/), a full exploit on the PS Vita. There’s a possibility, although it’s not been confirmed, that 3.69 patches the exploit. Alternatively, it could be an unrelated patch to close some Vita related services on the PSN, just like we’ve seen a few years ago with an unexpected PSP update (http://wololo.net/2015/01/16/risen-from-the-dead-psp-firmware-6-61-is-now-available/).
At the time of writing, Sony’s official site still says the latest firmware is 3.68.
As always, if you use a hacked console (or want to hack it at some point), we advise not to update, until details surface on what firmware 3.69 actually brings to the table.
via http://wololo.net/2018/09/11/ps-vita-firmware-3-69-released/