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Hacking team demos permanent PS3 jailbreak

<img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7080/failoverflow200200.jpg"> A hacking team has been demonstrating a technique that will crack the PlayStation 3's loader at the recent Chaos Communication Congress event in Berlin. The latest PS3 hack claims to give users complete control over their console, something that is bound to cause some ire amongst Sony Computer Entertainment's security specialists. The team of hackers also demonstrated how they had got around Sony's PS3 security systems, to allow the hacking community to sign their own code. Hack, crack and sack What all of this means is that Sony's current v3.55 firmware is now highly vulnerable. Plus, more importantly, it is going to be very difficult for Sony's security folk to make a permanent fix to these exploits. The hackers promised the Chaos Communication Congress crowd that they will release the tools to take advantage of their PS3 crack next month. Somebody, somewhere at Sony no doubt just received a rather harsh email from their superiors ordering them to get to work on fixing this… </PARAM><PARAM value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></PARAM><PARAM value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"></PARAM><EMBED src=http://www.youtube.com/v/HEFMAP0mTvY&hl=en&fs=1 width=420 height=315 type=application/x-shockwave-flash allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"> </EMBED></OBJECT> Via <a href="http://twitter.com/fail0verflow">http://twitter.com/fail0verflow</A>

Hacking team demos permanent PS3 jailbreak

A hacking team has been demonstrating a technique that will crack the PlayStation 3's loader at the recent Chaos Communication Congress ...

Apple mysteriously kills jailbreak detection API while hacker boosts iOS security, irony restored

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<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003H0WQHU&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>It's no secret that Apple's been keen to monitor the lot of naughty jailbreakers, but it turns out the company has recently shelved iOS 4.0's jailbreak detection API with no explanation given. While this has little effect on the average user, Network World explains that this is bad news for enterprise IT and MDM (mobile device management) vendors, who will now have one fewer channel for checking whether a user's iOS device has been jailbroken and thus become vulnerable to attacks. That said, apparently this isn't a huge loss for the MDM vendors, anyway; but the real question is why drop the API now? Could its presence alone be a threat? We'll probably never know.

Apple mysteriously kills jailbreak detection API while hacker boosts iOS security, irony restored

It's no secret that Apple's been keen to monitor the lot of naughty jailbreakers, but it turns out the company has recently shelved...

First Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Tool Released

<img alt="First Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Tool Released" border="0" height="150" src="/113582matter.jpg" width="200"> Whilst many are still enjoying the Thanksgiving turkey, select geeks/hackers are working on ways to help you save 50 cents. Earlier this month, Microsoft's next-gen mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 based smartphone had started hitting the U.S. markets. Just before it went en masse, three guys - Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh and Long Zheng released WP7 unlocker tool - ChevronWP7. With this tool, any WP7 phone can be unlocked and applications can be side-loaded without the need of a developer account. Now, you might be thinking why on earth you would unlock/jailbreak the WP7? To be honest, the first defense would be that jailbreaking for fair use is now legal in U.S. Earlier in July, Library of Congress passed a ruling that unlocking and jailbreaking the mobile phone is legal. Here's a snipped that connects to this 'unlocking' tool. Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset. Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh and istartedsomething blog author Long Zheng together devised the ChevronWP7 tool to unlock WP7 device without a Marketplace developer account. Once you've unlocked you can side-load 'experimental' applications that weren't or can't be available through Windows Marketplace - Microsoft's App Store. <img align="baseline" border="0" hspace="0" src="/113582chevronwp7.jpg"> ChevronWP7 is a simple executable file which can be used once a WP7 handset is connected to a PC via USB cable. Just in case you can't get it running, a number of fixes are suggested in the blog post. This tool works with Windows XP SP2 and higher versions. This tool can't perform SIM unlocks and is more of a jailbreak tool. Now this WP7 unlocking tool has raised all the concerns and rumors about Apps Piracy. In response to those rumors, all three guys mentioned in their stand against piracy that they don't condone piracy. Technical aspects are clarified: All Marketplace application XAP packages are sufficiently protected so that you cannot sideload to run them on any unlocked device (official or with our tool). We have no intentions or knowledge to break that protection. (You can still run legitimately purchased and downloaded applications after unlocking) It's like the door of innumerable possibilities has been opened and Microsoft should foresee all possible outcomes in the future. Either Microsoft can patch those holes or let users take the other path where experimental packages can be installed. Clearly, we see another Cydia-like entire Package Manager in the making.

First Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Tool Released

Whilst many are still enjoying the Thanksgiving turkey, select geeks/hackers are working on ways to help you save 50 cents. Earlier this mon...

How to Jailbreak a 2nd Generation iTouch

Make sure all of your music and videos, as well as other important files on your iTouch are backed up to your <a class="StrongLink" href="http://www.ehow.com/computers/">computer</A>.Connect your iTouch USB cord to your computer. Wait for your computer to detect your iTouch.Go to iClarified.com (iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750) to select and download the appropriate ISPW firmware that you have on your iTouch.Download the jailbreaking program called "RedsnOw." After the file is completely downloaded, extract the folder of the operating system you chose to a familiar location on your computer.For Windows: blog.alltechrelated.com/files/redsn0w-win_0.7.2.zip For Mac: blog.alltechrelated.com/files/redsn0w-mac_0.7.2.zipOpen the "redsnow.exe" file and install it. A message will appear asking you to select the ISPW file you downloaded earlier from iClarified.com. Click "Browse" and select the file.Wait until a message appears that says " ISPW successfully identified"; then select "Next." After the second load screen appears, select "Cydia" in the list of check boxes.Make sure your iTouch is turned off and connected, and select "Next" once again. This will start the jailbreak. Once that it is complete, you have completed jailbreaking your 2nd Generation iTouch.

How to Jailbreak a 2nd Generation iTouch

Make sure all of your music and videos, as well as other important files on your iTouch are backed up to your computer . Connect your iTouc...