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Hello World! I've been reporting on Sony PlayStation hacking news since 2000 and started PSXHAX in 2014 to cover PlayStation (PSX), PlayStation 2 (PS2), PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), PlayStation TV (PS TV) and next-gen PlayStation 5 (PS5) platforms along with anything else of interest.
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PS4 Slim Pictures Surface as PlayStation 4 Slim Leak Rumored!
The Internet is abuzz today over a batch of sexy PS4 Slim CUH-2016A pictures (see below) that surfaced online alongside DualShock 4 CUH-ZCT2U controller images, while news of the rumored PlayStation 4 Slim leak is still unconfirmed by Sony. 
Previously we reported that according to a Sony analyst the PS4 Slim official unveiling is expected during Tokyo Game Show 2016 this September, and ThisGenGaming.com also confirms this stating, to quote:
"ThisGenGaming has received exclusive information from the person behind the auction telling us the product is to officially be out on September 14th after an announcement on the 7th.
Sony officially confirmed their PlayStation meeting for the 7th of September in New York so it’s very likely we’ll be getting more than one hardware reveal shortly from Sony."
Thanks to Kenzodielocke, AAMARMO, shortmaneighty2, Kotaku, PushSquare and @PLAYER 1 for sharing the news with us here at PSXHAX.COM!
Here's a mirror of the PS4 slim unboxing six-minute video courtesy of...
Previously we reported that according to a Sony analyst the PS4 Slim official unveiling is expected during Tokyo Game Show 2016 this September, and ThisGenGaming.com also confirms this stating, to quote:
"ThisGenGaming has received exclusive information from the person behind the auction telling us the product is to officially be out on September 14th after an announcement on the 7th.
Sony officially confirmed their PlayStation meeting for the 7th of September in New York so it’s very likely we’ll be getting more than one hardware reveal shortly from Sony."
Thanks to Kenzodielocke, AAMARMO, shortmaneighty2, Kotaku, PushSquare and @PLAYER 1 for sharing the news with us here at PSXHAX.COM!
Here's a mirror of the PS4 slim unboxing six-minute video courtesy of...
PS4 4.0 Beta WebKit Crash Demo Video by NextGenModzPS4
A few months back we saw a PS4 3.50 Webkit Exploit followed by a PS4 3.50 Webkit Crash, and now PlayStation 4 developer NextGenModderPS4 shared a PS4 4.0 Beta WebKit crash demo video with details below! 
From the video's caption / comments, to quote Hybrid7Theory: PS4 4.0 BETA WEBKIT CRASH
The webkit crash works on 4.0 and the poc test succeeded somehow. Enjoy. Sony might take down the video so use a a video extractor to download the video.
Same as 3.55. Used it for a full day no problems then went back to 3.55. If you plan on using the WebKit playground or linux use ps proxy by red eye so you don't have to update and still go online.
Thanks to @B7U3 C50SS for the news in the Shoutbox and to @NextGenModzPS4 for the demo video!
From the video's caption / comments, to quote Hybrid7Theory: PS4 4.0 BETA WEBKIT CRASH
The webkit crash works on 4.0 and the poc test succeeded somehow. Enjoy. Sony might take down the video so use a a video extractor to download the video.Same as 3.55. Used it for a full day no problems then went back to 3.55. If you plan on using the WebKit playground or linux use ps proxy by red eye so you don't have to update and still go online.
Thanks to @B7U3 C50SS for the news in the Shoutbox and to @NextGenModzPS4 for the demo video!
PS Vita Package Installer Guide for Firmware 3.60 by xXDarkCodeXx
Following the PS Vita PKG Installer 2.0 and rumored PS Vita game decryption, PlayStation Vita developer [PLAIN]xXDarkCodeXx[/PLAIN] shared a Package Installer guide on Firmware 3.60 for those interested! 
To quote: The title says everything: we managed to get official pkg installer on a CEX vita. Not in IDU mode, so there is no risk to update or brick! Now I'm not a genius, everyone could do that. No one did, so I'm here to guide you.
First thing: credits
First I want to say "THANK YOU" to some people:
As you know since 3.36 we canno longer open PKG Installer, as sony patched it, but the app is still there. Why? I think that PSVita still uses that for installing PKGs, in silent mode or something like that. Silica found that it is called FAKE package installer. So we thought that there would be a REAL pkg installer. Well, kind of. On DEX vitas the PKG installer is bigger than the CEX one, and the DEX one actually works! So we replaced the CEX pkg installer with the DEX one, and it works!
How to get it
To quote: The title says everything: we managed to get official pkg installer on a CEX vita. Not in IDU mode, so there is no risk to update or brick! Now I'm not a genius, everyone could do that. No one did, so I'm here to guide you.
First thing: credits
First I want to say "THANK YOU" to some people:
- Silica - For giving me some infos and Ideas AND testing
- PixelButts and The Dark Lord - for files (Dark Lord's files has been deleted)
- Bajunan - For ideas
- Team molecule - for HENkaku
- TheFlow - for VitaShell
- major_tom - for VitaRW
As you know since 3.36 we canno longer open PKG Installer, as sony patched it, but the app is still there. Why? I think that PSVita still uses that for installing PKGs, in silent mode or something like that. Silica found that it is called FAKE package installer. So we thought that there would be a REAL pkg installer. Well, kind of. On DEX vitas the PKG installer is bigger than the CEX one, and the DEX one actually works! So we replaced the CEX pkg installer with the DEX one, and it works!
How to get it
- Well, you need VitaRW (You can find it on internet) and HENkaku with vitashell. Then you need this file.
- First open vitarw and when you read 0x000000 close it.
- Open vitashell and press select. Connect via FTP to your vita from a pc. Browse to vs0:app and backup NPXS10031.
- Then transfer NPXS10031(the downloaded file) to your app folder. If you already got the PKG Installer bubble you can already open and...
Tokyo Xanadu Rumored as First Decrypted PS Vita Game Backup
Previously we reported on the PlayStation Vita developer leak of Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom which ran in HENkaku via VitaShell, and now Tokyo Xanadu is rumored to be the first decrypted PS Vita 3.60 Firmware VPK game backup! 
Download: xanadu.zip (2.28 GB) / PS Vita PKGs
To quote from Wololo: "A download link for the Japanese version of the game appeared on Chinese forums a few hours ago, and apparently the game runs on Hacked Vitas through HENkaku.
The file is big (more than 2GB), and according to the author of the release, VitaShell is not able to install it. However, manually unzipping the vpk file and copying the files at the right location on the memory card allows people to run the game, DRM free."
Also from 173210's Blog (GIT), to quote:
[PSP2] SceNpDrmPackage API: Decrypt PS Vita PKGs
I partially revealed some SceNpDrmPackage APIs. Those functions allow to decrypt PS Vita PKGs. I detail them here.
Download: xanadu.zip (2.28 GB) / PS Vita PKGs
To quote from Wololo: "A download link for the Japanese version of the game appeared on Chinese forums a few hours ago, and apparently the game runs on Hacked Vitas through HENkaku.
The file is big (more than 2GB), and according to the author of the release, VitaShell is not able to install it. However, manually unzipping the vpk file and copying the files at the right location on the memory card allows people to run the game, DRM free."Also from 173210's Blog (GIT), to quote:
[PSP2] SceNpDrmPackage API: Decrypt PS Vita PKGs
I partially revealed some SceNpDrmPackage APIs. Those functions allow to decrypt PS Vita PKGs. I detail them here.
Code:
[
"SceNpDrmPackage": {
"modules": {
"SceNpDrmPackage": {
"functions": {
"_sceNpDrmPackageCheck": 2715321850,
"_sceNpDrmPackageDecrypt": 3606076108
},
"kernel": false,
"nid": 2287029682,
"variables": {}
}
},
"nid": WHATEVER_YOU_LIKE
}
]
#include <psp2/types.h>
/** Options for _sceNpDrmPackageDecrypt */
typedef struct {
/** The offset in encrypted data */
SceOff offset;
/**
*...