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PSP Firmware Downgrader Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

roka writes "SonyxTeam has just released a downgrader for the PSP using the toc2rta 2.0 overflow in libtiff. This has been tested and found working by PSP news sites. This is basically opening all sold models of the PSP to homebrew applications and will boost homebrew software development for Sony's handheld."

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  1. Arrr!! by lasmith05 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I smell pirating goodness for all. :) I think its amazing how fast this downgrader came out after the buffer overflow was discovered in the photo section. Simply Amazing.

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    1. Re:Arrr!! by Ravag3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd say Yarrr!! Monkey Island for PSP here we come!

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    2. Re:Arrr!! by lasmith05 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Good idea! Yarrr me matey.

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  2. Finally! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the first time a buffer overflow is used for non-evil purposes.

    *SIGH* Wish all the hackers out there were like this guy.

  3. "homebrew software development " ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is "homebrew software development" the new euphemism for "piracy"? You know, how 99.99% of everyone who got mod chips for their ps2 and xbox was just so they could "run linux" ?

  4. IT MUST BE STOPPED by s388 · · Score: 5, Funny

    consumers increasing the value of the products they've purchased? tailoring them to their own sinister ends? i predict massive retaliation.

    and the best kind of retaliation! fruitless retaliation.

    gg.

    1. Re:IT MUST BE STOPPED by interiot · · Score: 4, Funny
      Like.. with vegetables?

      No, far far more sinister. Retaliation... with meat!

  5. Maybe I should be more assertive... by Brandon+K · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps including a disclaimer like this with all my programs would help reduce the criticism:

    The next one who will say shot about him or any respectable devlopper will get my kick on his ass.

    I like it!

  6. Gameboy icon got me by Cerdic · · Score: 1, Funny

    When I saw the headline about the PSP Firmware being downgraded and looked at the picture of the original Gameboy, for a split second I thought, "Damn, that's quite a downgrade!"

    That would have been quite a downgrade put out by SonyxTeam.

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  7. Downgrading is cool! by macdaddy357 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I need a downgrader to Windows 95. That will protect me from all the hackers targeting XP!

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  8. Re:Go on admit it. by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Funny
    Now we're all just waiting for Sony to thow it's Intellectual Property Toys out of the pram and let the attack dogs (lawyers) loose.
    No need for that, thanks to the slashdot effect.
  9. Pixel Fixel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Will it fix my dead pixels?!!

  10. Re:s/SonyxTeam/MPH/ by FryingLizard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indeed,
    The hilarious kiddie-ness of it all don't detract from the 1337ness of their h4x0r one iota.
    I hear development on the PSP hacking scene may slow a little early next week as SonyxTeam is in detention for pulling a girl's hair and MPH can't upload the PSP kernel sploit code until he's cleaned his soccer boots properly.

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