wraggster
March 10th, 2011, 23:27
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In addition to its ongoing courtroom campaign (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/geohot,sony) to thwart hackers, Sony hasn't given up trying to patch its PlayStation 3 problems with another (everybody now!) firmware update! This time, it's not just a security update: For the PlayStation Plus subscribers out there, firmware 3.60 includes the nifty cloud-based save service (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/09/playstation-plus-adding-online-game-save-storage-march-10/) (demoed on video after the break) while non PS+ users can enjoy setting "the amount of time before a controller turns off after you have stopped using it."
As for those glaring security holes? Noted PS3 hacker Youness Alaoui (aka KaKaRoToKS (http://twitter.com/kakarotoks)) posits, "For now, it looks to me (at first glance) that the PS3 has been re-secured, but it doesn't mean it can't be broken again from scratch." DigitalFoundry explains (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-new-firmware-resecures-ps3) that while Geohot's reveal of the "mtldr" key irrevocably broke the PS3's "chain of trust," Sony's solution effortlessly sidesteps this seemingly insurmountable breach: "According to Alaoui's quick analysis, Sony simply doesn't use mtldr any more, opting for a new security system that could possibly require a completely new exploit to be uncovered."
Even money says someone somewhere will uncover that exploit, but for now, it sounds like Sony can breathe a sigh of relief.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/10/ps3-firmware-3-60-is-live-with-cloud-saves-oh-and-hacker-su/
In addition to its ongoing courtroom campaign (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/geohot,sony) to thwart hackers, Sony hasn't given up trying to patch its PlayStation 3 problems with another (everybody now!) firmware update! This time, it's not just a security update: For the PlayStation Plus subscribers out there, firmware 3.60 includes the nifty cloud-based save service (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/09/playstation-plus-adding-online-game-save-storage-march-10/) (demoed on video after the break) while non PS+ users can enjoy setting "the amount of time before a controller turns off after you have stopped using it."
As for those glaring security holes? Noted PS3 hacker Youness Alaoui (aka KaKaRoToKS (http://twitter.com/kakarotoks)) posits, "For now, it looks to me (at first glance) that the PS3 has been re-secured, but it doesn't mean it can't be broken again from scratch." DigitalFoundry explains (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-new-firmware-resecures-ps3) that while Geohot's reveal of the "mtldr" key irrevocably broke the PS3's "chain of trust," Sony's solution effortlessly sidesteps this seemingly insurmountable breach: "According to Alaoui's quick analysis, Sony simply doesn't use mtldr any more, opting for a new security system that could possibly require a completely new exploit to be uncovered."
Even money says someone somewhere will uncover that exploit, but for now, it sounds like Sony can breathe a sigh of relief.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/10/ps3-firmware-3-60-is-live-with-cloud-saves-oh-and-hacker-su/