softmod

PlayStation 1 “tonyhax” soft-mod released

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 by Dan Mons

For a number of years there has been a small amount of research into PlayStation 1 games that created save files where certain text field length checks were not performed (say, when custom naming a character or other save information), and could potentially result in a buffer overflow attack (a common security attack that allows […]

PS Vita Owned: Final Crypto Layer Defeated

Posted on February 26, 2019 by SmokeMonster

Many exploits have graced the PS Vita, allowing user to boot homebrew, emulators, Adrenaline (opening the Vita’s built-in PS1 & PSP functionality), and the like. But now Yifan Lu, the famous Vita scene hacker, has now completely and permanently defeated any remaining protections that Sony had in place by extracting the physically stored hardware keyslots […]