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Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked

Posted by samzenpus on from the they're-in dept.

ACTRAiSER writes "A recent Post on Bugtraq claims the hack of the Xbox 360 Security Protection Hypervisor. It includes sample code as well." From Bugtraq "We have discovered a vulnerability in the Xbox 360 hypervisor that allows privilege escalation into hypervisor mode. Together with a method to inject data into non-privileged memory areas, this vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to an Xbox 360 to run arbitrary code such as alternative operating systems with full privileges and full hardware access."

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  1. Re:Sweet by Froster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you are impressed with an extender, then you must not have tried XBMC :). That program was in itself impressive enough to me to cause me to end a boycott of (then) new consoles, and to buy a modchip the day I bought my XBOX. I haven't played a game on my XBOX in weeks, but I use XBMC almost daily. I use my older desktop computer with MythTV to record TV from cable, and access it with the XBOX in my living room. I know that an extender can do all these things as well, but I can also stream virtually anything that I download online, listen to web radio, download movie trailers from Apple, among other things. The only way that it could be better would be to allow for easy streaming of music from an iPod.

  2. Re:Attacker?? by Ash-Fox · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Not entirely true. They are selling you a machine a radically discounted price for a specific use, gaming.
    And they still lock the hardware from letting you use it the way you please

    They aren't selling a general use computer.
    And? It's still your hardware.

    They are ineffect giving you a gaming machine at a bargin price so they limit what you are permitted to do with it to avoid competing with themselves.
    Bargain? I can't afford it. Sorry, I have to disagree.

    If most people tried to mod out their game stations to turn them into desktops as well then it could potentially cut into their desktop business and force them to charge full price for the game boxes making the gaming machine unsellable.
    I thought most people were too 'stupid' to even try another OS other than the one their machine came with and now you're trying to claim they majority could turn their game console into a desktop ..... Hahahahahaha.

    The machines just aren't suitable for a desktop.
    Yeah, I know. I saw a Dell ad some time ago, this guy wanted to use the machine for 'work' and 'webbrowsing', the phone representative recommended he use a Core duo 2 with 1GB of RAM that comes with Windows XP...

    Seems the requirements for Internet Explorer and running Microsoft Office decently are getting a little insane to me... I'd hate to think what they would recommend for Skype.
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  3. Re:Sweet by SP33doh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    oh get out sony hater. I don't own a PS3 but come on, you people are pissing me off so much, you god damn bandwagon f*ckers.