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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 *** Installer Script to Compile the PS4*** by Black Panther
On this very merry X-Mas day following his PS4Payload IP Patcher, PlayStation 4 developer @DaBlackPantha made available a PS4-*** Installer Script for compiling CTurt's Open Source PS4 *** while we await Sony's official PS4 *** to be leaked. 
Download: ps4sdkinstall.sh (MAY need to run chmod +x on the file) / CTurt PS4 *** GIT / PS4Dev PS4SDK GIT / PS4-SDK_compiled.rar (182 KB)
To quote from Black Panther: I made this for those (noobs) who want to make things for CTurts PS4-*** but do not know how to compile/install the ***.
What you Need:
If any bugs, report here.
Seasons greetings to @B7U3 C50SS in the...
Download: ps4sdkinstall.sh (MAY need to run chmod +x on the file) / CTurt PS4 *** GIT / PS4Dev PS4SDK GIT / PS4-SDK_compiled.rar (182 KB)
To quote from Black Panther: I made this for those (noobs) who want to make things for CTurts PS4-*** but do not know how to compile/install the ***.
What you Need:
- Linux Operating System (Mingw on windows might work, idk)
- root access
- bash installed (which in most cases, it will already be installed if not run apt-get install bash)
- Installs LLVM 3.8, BINUTILS, and GIT (which are needed)
- clones the PS4-*** into /usr/local
- compile the necessary libraries
- compile all the examples
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#PS4SDK Install Script for noobs
apt-get install llvm-3.8
apt-get install binutils
apt-get install git
cd /usr/local/
git clone https://github.com/CTurt/PS4-***.git
export PS4SDK=/usr/local/PS4-***
cd /usr/local/PS4-***/libPS4
make
cd ../libusbfatfs
make
cd ../examples/camera
make
cd ../canvas
make
cd ../filesystem
make
cd ../hello
make
cd ../modules
make
cd ../pad
make
cd ../sockets
make
cd ../threads
make
cd ../usb/list_devices
make
cd ../storage
make
cd ../usbfatfs
make
printf "\nPS4 *** Installer Script by Black Panther"
printf "\nCredits to CTurt for his great ***"
printf "\nRead all the posts on his github for info!\n"Seasons greetings to @B7U3 C50SS in the...
PS4 1.76 Version String Spoof, Fail0verflow PS4 Kexec GIT Updates
Following news of his PS4 1.76 Version Spoof, today PlayStation 4 developer Zecoxao shared details on how to spoof the 1.76 PS4 Version String by changing offset 0xFFFFFFFF8323A4E0 (uint64_t) inside a kernel payload while Marcan is continuing to update the Fail0verflow PS4 Kexec GIT in preparation for their CCC 2016 talk on December 27th!
For those with a 1.76 OFW PS4 console @zecoxao reminds us that this spoof will only stop the PlayStation 4 console from nagging to update, it won't allow you to change the Minimum Required Firmware for PS4 Games as the PKG keys are different... and for PSN access you'll also need to spoof index.dat and X-Passphrase.
Download: ce-32875-3(shellcore-patch-everyboot).elf (72.94 KB) from VVildCard777 for use with Hitodama's ELFLoader / ps4-playground+hito-elfldr.7z (8.17 MB)
Below are some related Tweets:
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For those with a 1.76 OFW PS4 console @zecoxao reminds us that this spoof will only stop the PlayStation 4 console from nagging to update, it won't allow you to change the Minimum Required Firmware for PS4 Games as the PKG keys are different... and for PSN access you'll also need to spoof index.dat and X-Passphrase.
Download: ce-32875-3(shellcore-patch-everyboot).elf (72.94 KB) from VVildCard777 for use with Hitodama's ELFLoader / ps4-playground+hito-elfldr.7z (8.17 MB)
Below are some related Tweets:
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Nucleus PS3 / PS4 PC Emulator Open Source Project by AlexAltea
We've covered the RPCS3 PC PS3 Emulator before, and today @zecoxao and @PixelButts let us know on Twitter that developer @AlexAltea (Twitter) who previously shared a PS3 RSX VRAM / IO Access Exploit no longer has time to update the Nucleus PC PS3 / PS4 Emulator so if anyone is interested in taking on the challenge here's your chance!
Download: nucleus-master.zip / GIT
Running/debugging PS4 1.76 kernel (with symbols!) on PC with qemu+gdb. Final goal will be full system-emulation.
Although there isn't much available yet, another PlayStation 4 emulator in development from Abaska is DCS4 for those keeping track.
Season's greetings to both @Nesterwork and @Chaos Kid for the heads-up in the PSXHAX Shoutbox on the news.
Download: nucleus-master.zip / GIT
Running/debugging PS4 1.76 kernel (with symbols!) on PC with qemu+gdb. Final goal will be full system-emulation.
Although there isn't much available yet, another PlayStation 4 emulator in development from Abaska is DCS4 for those keeping track.
Season's greetings to both @Nesterwork and @Chaos Kid for the heads-up in the PSXHAX Shoutbox on the news.
PS4 GIFLIB Entry Point for User PlayStation 4 Exploit via Joona70
Earlier this week PlayStation 4 developer @joona70 let us know in the PSXHAX Shoutbox that he ran across a potential userland heap overflow 5.1.1 vulnerability in the GIFLIB library for reading and writing GIF images... as Sony's PS4 uses version 4.1.2. 
While it's currently unknown if this could be an entry point in PS4 Firmware above 4.07 OFW, besides the PS4 JailBreak Status Chart and PS4 Hacking / Modding FAQ here's what we know from developer @xxmcvapourxx in summary:
While it's currently unknown if this could be an entry point in PS4 Firmware above 4.07 OFW, besides the PS4 JailBreak Status Chart and PS4 Hacking / Modding FAQ here's what we know from developer @xxmcvapourxx in summary:
- PS4 1.76 Browser Exploit > Kspoilt (Dlclose) Kernel > Fail0verflow's 3D Drivers / Patches with PS4 Kexec exploit
- PS4 3.55 Browser Exploit > Fire30 (Henkaku) > Ksploit (In Progress) > Fail0verflow Kexec exploit
PS4Payload IP Patcher with Source Code by PS4 Dev Black Panther
This weekend PlayStation 4 developer @DaBlackPantha released a PS4Payload IP Patcher v1 followed by v1.01 with source code which scans the payload for a byte pattern of 192.168 allowing the user to overwrite it with your own where applicable.
Download: PS4PayloadIPEditor.exe (15 KB) / PS4PayloadIPEditor v1.01.exe (15 KB) / PS4PayloadIPEditor.zip (108.06 KB) / PS4PayloadIPEditor v1.01.zip (109.5 KB)
To quote from Black Panther: I made this tool for those lazy people who don't want/don't know how to recompile payloads/hex edit the IPs themselves.
It's pretty bare-bones at the moment I suppose I could add more advanced options to it, but for now I think it's good enough.
All it does is search the payload for the byte pattern of 192.168 and lets you write over those bytes with your own IP address.
Somethings to note:
It currently only searches for the IP prefixes of '192.168' so if the payload was compiled with an IP different than those prefixes, it will throw an error. However, I don't see why someone would have their PS4 on any other prefix than 192.168
Change log:
v1.01:
Download: PS4PayloadIPEditor.exe (15 KB) / PS4PayloadIPEditor v1.01.exe (15 KB) / PS4PayloadIPEditor.zip (108.06 KB) / PS4PayloadIPEditor v1.01.zip (109.5 KB)
To quote from Black Panther: I made this tool for those lazy people who don't want/don't know how to recompile payloads/hex edit the IPs themselves.
It's pretty bare-bones at the moment I suppose I could add more advanced options to it, but for now I think it's good enough.
All it does is search the payload for the byte pattern of 192.168 and lets you write over those bytes with your own IP address.
Somethings to note:
It currently only searches for the IP prefixes of '192.168' so if the payload was compiled with an IP different than those prefixes, it will throw an error. However, I don't see why someone would have their PS4 on any other prefix than 192.168
Change log:
v1.01:
- Removed useless menu items such as 'save' and 'close'
- Only allows for the opening of .bin and .elf files (most common for payloads as of now)
- Added feature to only allow local IP prefixes (192.168.x.x)
- Initial Release