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Oct0xor on Hacking PS4 / PS3 Blu-ray Drives at #36c3 Livestream!
The 36th annual Chaos Communication Congress (36c3) is currently underway in Leipzig Germany, and following last year's PS4 Video Apps (All FW) Exploitation lecture the Sony PlayStation discussion topic of #36c3 is Hacking PS4 / PS3 Blu-ray Drives given by @Octopus (aka oct0xor on Twitter) at 4:10 PM Eastern Time in the Saal Borg Lecture Hall 36c3 Live Streaming. 
Other event coverage options include Live Streams: 36c3 Streaming, Direct A/V Stream Feeds, ReLive Recordings, a Recording Full Playlist archive as part of their 36c3 Resource Exhaustion and YouTube Channel coverage uploaded after the live events as well.
Download: Hacking Sony PlayStation Blu-ray Drives.pdf (7.13 MB)
For those who missed our previous articles, feel free to check out the initial announcement of this year's PlayStation 36c3 event alongside Oct0xor 36c3 Talk Details of what will be discussed during his presentation.
We'll update this article throughout the event as new media including YouTube video embeds and related Slide Shows become available... and if anyone has further details on the PS4 application (NPXS24001) source code that surfaced awhile back feel free to...
Other event coverage options include Live Streams: 36c3 Streaming, Direct A/V Stream Feeds, ReLive Recordings, a Recording Full Playlist archive as part of their 36c3 Resource Exhaustion and YouTube Channel coverage uploaded after the live events as well.
Download: Hacking Sony PlayStation Blu-ray Drives.pdf (7.13 MB)
For those who missed our previous articles, feel free to check out the initial announcement of this year's PlayStation 36c3 event alongside Oct0xor 36c3 Talk Details of what will be discussed during his presentation.We'll update this article throughout the event as new media including YouTube video embeds and related Slide Shows become available... and if anyone has further details on the PS4 application (NPXS24001) source code that surfaced awhile back feel free to...
Hacking Sony PlayStation 4 Blu-ray Drives by Oct0xor 36c3 Talk Details
Since the initial announcement by @Octopus (aka oct0xor on Twitter) here's a summary of what to expect in his 36c3 talk that will be livestreamed in English (YouTube Channel) on Hacking Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) and PlayStation 3 (PS3) Blu-ray Drives during the 36th annual Chaos Communication Congress at the Saal Borg Lecture Hall in Leipzig Germany on December 28, 2019 at 22:10 +0100 CET (4:10 PM ET - Current Eastern Time).
Below are further details from the 36th Chaos Communication Congress Schedule Fahrplan Events Page, to quote: Lecture: Hacking Sony PlayStation Blu-ray Drives
Xbox 360 video game console had a number of widely known hacks for firmware of its optical disc drives. However, it was never the case with Blu-ray disc drives of Sony PlayStation video game consoles. In fact, up until recently there was no much information available on this subject publicly.
In this presentation, I would like to share my journey of delving deep into internals and security of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives. As games are distributed within optical media, those embedded devices were intended to contain the best security possible.
I will demonstrate a multiple hardware hacks and several software vulnerabilities that allowed to dump firmware and get code execution on multiple models of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives.
In this presentation, I will share the following:
1) I will provide in-depth analysis of vulnerabilities and their exploitation to achieve code execution on multiple models of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives
2) I will discuss problems that I’ve encountered while reverse engineering the firmware and how I solved (some of) them
3) I will talk about security features of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives
4) I will explain what engineers did right and how achieving code execution on the drive doesn’t lead to full compromise of security
It will definitely be an interesting lecture for PS4 scene developers seeking to learn more about the PlayStation 4 Blu-ray drive...
Below are further details from the 36th Chaos Communication Congress Schedule Fahrplan Events Page, to quote: Lecture: Hacking Sony PlayStation Blu-ray Drives
Xbox 360 video game console had a number of widely known hacks for firmware of its optical disc drives. However, it was never the case with Blu-ray disc drives of Sony PlayStation video game consoles. In fact, up until recently there was no much information available on this subject publicly.
In this presentation, I would like to share my journey of delving deep into internals and security of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives. As games are distributed within optical media, those embedded devices were intended to contain the best security possible.
I will demonstrate a multiple hardware hacks and several software vulnerabilities that allowed to dump firmware and get code execution on multiple models of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives.
In this presentation, I will share the following:
1) I will provide in-depth analysis of vulnerabilities and their exploitation to achieve code execution on multiple models of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives
2) I will discuss problems that I’ve encountered while reverse engineering the firmware and how I solved (some of) them
3) I will talk about security features of Sony PlayStation Blu-ray disc drives
4) I will explain what engineers did right and how achieving code execution on the drive doesn’t lead to full compromise of security
It will definitely be an interesting lecture for PS4 scene developers seeking to learn more about the PlayStation 4 Blu-ray drive...
PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.4 by Leeful with Latest PS4 Exploit Payloads
A few months ago we saw a WIP design preview of his PS4 Exploit Host Menu, and today PlayStation 4 homebrew developer @Leeful released PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.0 followed by PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.1, PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.2, PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.3 and PS-Phwoar! Host Menu v1.4 via Twitter featuring the latest PS4 exploit payloads for jailbroken PS4 5.05 consoles! 
Download: PS-Phwoar__v1.4_USB_Installer.zip (2.62 MB) / PS-Phwoar__v1.4_PC_Installer.zip (16.26 MB) / PS-Phwoar__v1.4_ESP_Installer.zip (2.73 MB) / PS-Phwoar__v1.4_Android_Installer.zip (3.53 MB) / Optional_USB_FILES.zip (2.14 KB - Copy the Optional USB Files to your USB Drive if you use the appToUsb, PKG Backup or the Game Dumper payloads) / 505HEN_9.00-Spoof.zip (12.37 KB) via Leeful / Leeful 9.00 Test v3.0
Download: PS-Phwoar__v1.4_USB_Installer.zip (2.62 MB) / PS-Phwoar__v1.4_PC_Installer.zip (16.26 MB) / PS-Phwoar__v1.4_ESP_Installer.zip (2.73 MB) / PS-Phwoar__v1.4_Android_Installer.zip (3.53 MB) / Optional_USB_FILES.zip (2.14 KB - Copy the Optional USB Files to your USB Drive if you use the appToUsb, PKG Backup or the Game Dumper payloads) / 505HEN_9.00-Spoof.zip (12.37 KB) via Leeful / Leeful 9.00 Test v3.0
Sony PS4 / PS3 Blu-ray Disc Drive Internals & Security by Oct0xor at 36c3
Last year they covered Exploiting PS4 Video Apps, and at the 36th annual Chaos Communication Congress (36c3) from December 27th to the 30th 2019 in Leipzig Germany scene developer @Octopus (aka oct0xor on Twitter) will discuss Sony PlayStation 3 and PS4 firmware dumping, reversing and getting code execution on Blu-ray drives for those who love to learn all about their internals and security. 
This comes following his previous PS4 Registry Editor / Viewer release, and in the Tweets below he states the intention of his research findings is NOT to circumvent copy protection noting that (in this case) fully compromised firmware doesn't lead to fully compromised security.
For those new to the PlayStation 4 scene, ever since the first unplayable PS4 game dump backups surfaced by ripping with PC optical drives hackers started examining the PS4 Blu-ray drive discovering everything from BDLive Bugs to Dumping PS4 Disc Games.
The PS4 scene eventually evolved to Loading PS4 Payloads via Blu-ray (Server-less Option) BD-J, PS4 Optical Drive to USB Game File Dumping, Blu-Play PS4 Homebrew Games and most recently some interesting PS4 NoBD Firmware Update Solutions.
Below are several of the related Tweets for those following...
This comes following his previous PS4 Registry Editor / Viewer release, and in the Tweets below he states the intention of his research findings is NOT to circumvent copy protection noting that (in this case) fully compromised firmware doesn't lead to fully compromised security.
For those new to the PlayStation 4 scene, ever since the first unplayable PS4 game dump backups surfaced by ripping with PC optical drives hackers started examining the PS4 Blu-ray drive discovering everything from BDLive Bugs to Dumping PS4 Disc Games.
The PS4 scene eventually evolved to Loading PS4 Payloads via Blu-ray (Server-less Option) BD-J, PS4 Optical Drive to USB Game File Dumping, Blu-Play PS4 Homebrew Games and most recently some interesting PS4 NoBD Firmware Update Solutions.
Below are several of the related Tweets for those following...
PS4 NoBD: BD Driveless Updating & No BD Updater Payloads / PS4 NoBD Toolkit
While there is no ETA on future PS4 jailbreak exploits yet and current jailbroken PS4 5.05 consoles can run homebrew and play hundreds of PS4 Fake PKG games, those stuck on PS4 4.74 OFW due to a missing or broken Blu-ray drive (aka PS4 NoBD) can now directly update to PS4 5.05 OFW to enjoy all the fun of a 5.05 PS4 jailbroken console following the previously released PS4Brew 4.74 Kernel Exploit!
Those stuck on 4.55 / 5.03 / 5.05+ (including 5.5x) / 6.xx (including 6.20 and 6.72) and 7.xx (including 7.0x and 7.5x) are also now supported via @LightningMods with the PS4 NoBD Updater PKG, PS4 NoBD Payloads and PS4 NoBD Toolkit in the update below.
As a precaution, PS4 scene developers strongly advise those who attempt this PS4 BD Driveless Updating 4.74 (No BD) to 5.05 Patch Updater method to backup your HDD as soon as you're on 5.05 Firmware.
From Logic-Sunrise.com, to quote roughly translated: [PS4] A solution to update from 4.74 to 5.05 with the HS reader!
The developer @zecoxao informs us that a solution has just come out for those who were stuck in firmware 4.74 following a bluray drive out of order.
A direct update solution to version 5.05 is now available.
To update the console on the firmware 5.05, just run the HEN on the firmware 4.74, inject the payload jkpatchsyscall9.bin, install the package 505.pkg...
Those stuck on 4.55 / 5.03 / 5.05+ (including 5.5x) / 6.xx (including 6.20 and 6.72) and 7.xx (including 7.0x and 7.5x) are also now supported via @LightningMods with the PS4 NoBD Updater PKG, PS4 NoBD Payloads and PS4 NoBD Toolkit in the update below. As a precaution, PS4 scene developers strongly advise those who attempt this PS4 BD Driveless Updating 4.74 (No BD) to 5.05 Patch Updater method to backup your HDD as soon as you're on 5.05 Firmware. From Logic-Sunrise.com, to quote roughly translated: [PS4] A solution to update from 4.74 to 5.05 with the HS reader!
The developer @zecoxao informs us that a solution has just come out for those who were stuck in firmware 4.74 following a bluray drive out of order.
A direct update solution to version 5.05 is now available.
To update the console on the firmware 5.05, just run the HEN on the firmware 4.74, inject the payload jkpatchsyscall9.bin, install the package 505.pkg...