PS3 Firmware 3.56 Includes a “Rootkit”

Posted by on Feb 2, 2011 in consoles, forums, games, gaming, life, news, Online games, PS3, Sony | 1 comment

Well played Sony, you managed to put a root kit into your new firmeware update, that being if we actually updated our console. I myself will be staying on 3.41. It’s been reported that CFW disables your blu-ray play back.

Back to the rootkit though their own “rootkit” so to speak, which allows them, being Sony to execute remote code upon login. What code exactly? Well that can range from confirming system files, detecting custom firmware to searching for any installed homebrew that you may have put on. It’s rumoured that they will be able to “kill” your console but that has yet to be seen.  Read more