A new exploit in the PS3 System Software has been found. The new exploit makes use of a vulnerability in the XMB theme feature, allowing a price of code to be executed after a theme has been installed. The PS3 theme file is able to load the loadme.fu script from any USB port.
George Hotz, a iPhone hacker who unlocked Apple’s iPhone, recently discovered a exploit on the PS3. Speaking to the BBC, he said the exploit “gives full memory space access and therefore ring 0 access from OtherOS.” He has since released the exploit on his blog, hoping to ignite the PS3 homebrew scene. The exploit is currently too complicated for just anyone to use it, but it could allow users to play pirated games.
A group of hackers over at the haxnetwork are claiming that they have successfully discovered a method that will allow you to boot back-up copies of PS3 Blu-Ray games using MotorStorm. Whether or not the exploit actually work remains to be seen. Naturally, Sony won’t be too happy to see their un-hackable console finally being exploited to run illegal copies of games.
Remember the Modern Warfare 2 Special-Ops Trophy Hack we posted earlier this week? Well, a new hack has been discovered, this time for unlocking the Veteran Mission Trophies. Just like the previous hack, you simply need to edit your gamesave data with the file below and replay a mission to unlock every mission in Veteran difficulty. See below for the file, instructions and walkthrough video.
If you are having a hard time earning the 69 stars in the Special-Ops missions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, we have a little surprise for you. The hack, which was discovered by Nis-Gens aka MagicN, uses a savegame exploit to unlock all the trophies for Spec Ops – thats up to 11 trophies depending on how many you may have already unlocked. Check out the video below on how to use the hack, the savedata file is also included below.
