PS4 Jailbreaking

Since his confirmation on 4/20 of PS4 4.55 dumped and recent PS4 Micro BiOS / PS4 SYSCON MEME's from others, PlayStation 4 developer qwertyoruiopz shared a picture on Twitter of three PlayStation 4 consoles: a PS4 4.55 Stock model, a PS4 4.06 Jailbroken console and a PS4 4.55 Jailbroken console in response to gabe_k showing off an XBox 360 Launch Team '05 console.

Some dialogue from Twitter for those interested:

• kazookid0: So it's persistent?
• qwertyoruiopz: It's not. But I keep the jb'd consoles off the network to avoid crashlogs being reported
• diwidog: Check the mono framework for persistence
• qwertyoruiopz: I am booking surprised that they use mono. But yeah that's a great idea. (I actually like not having it persist on the other hand)
• Zer0xFF: 3 PS4's but no Pro inbetween
• PepeCobain95: do you think work with ps4 pro ?
• qwertyoruiopz: Yah

Thanks to @AkaJogi, @B7U3 C50SS, @Bassabov, @GibboHull who also posted HERE, @kazookid0, @SorenAlke, @UmarDaBest559 and @VultraBabe for the news tips in the...

Every now and then we poll what members think about various discussion topics, with the last asking your feedback on whether you'd support PS4 dongles or not if someone came out with one.

In today's poll we'd like you to share your opinion on whether one of the rumored Brazilian methods used by online sites and local shops to fill PS4 HDD's full of games should remain private, or if the method should become public with a guide / tutorial documentation for the PlayStation 4 scene.

Before casting your vote, here are a few pros and cons to consider:

Pros:

• Everyone would be able to try it and learn at least one method how mass PS4 gamesharing is currently being done
  
• The PS4 gamesharing method exploits Sony's PSN online account security, meaning it wouldn't burn a kernel exploit that may be valuable to developers working on Linux as most aren't interested in backups
  
• It would slow down or stop online sites and local shops from making money transferring PS4 games to someone's HDD or selling pre-loaded hard disk drives

Cons:

• If the method went public there would likely be an increase in backups on the PlayStation 4 console
  
• Sony would protect their business interests as they have with all the PSP / PS Vita / PS3 / PS4 Firmware exploits and inevitably patch the method through increased PSN account security, mandatory SMS verification or the necessary online changes to their PlayStation 4 activation / deactivation and primary / secondary system
  
• Once patched, the gamesharing method would no longer work for anyone including end-users and those making money from it (or planning to based on recent Russian videos - Part 1 and Part 2) online and at shops unless a new method or work-around was shared

Besides voting in the...

Following his PS4 PFS Protection Bypass Guide, initial GameArchives PFS Support, GameArchives Updates and MakePFS utility this weekend @zecoxao dropped a hint on Twitter of a retail PS4 Sealedkey / pfsSKKey and is seeking someone with a PlayStation 4 DevKit / TestKit to decrypt it... noting that both the PS4 retail and development Sealedkey / pfsSKKey should be the same.

According to the PSDevWiki the Sealedkey / pfsSKKey can be obtained in different places and is used for SaveGame or Trophy Data decryption and encryption reminiscent of the PS4 Retail / Debug Game Transfusion Tutorial where savegames and trophies were confirmed as working.

To quote: Sealedkey / pfsSKKey

This key can be found on different places and will be used for eg. SaveGame or Trophy Data decryption and encryption.

Flags

Kind	Path
Trophys	/user/home/user Id/trophy/data/sce_trop/sealedkey
SaveGames	/user/home/user Id/title Id/save data directory/sce_sys/

Structure

• size always 96 bytes

From	To	Description
00	07	MAGIC ("pfsSKKey") (?playstation file system sealed key key?)
08	09	KeySet for getSealedKeySecret (changed beyond kernel 1.73)
0A	0F	Just 0x00 Bytes
10	1F	IV (16 bytes)
20	3F	Encrypted key (32 bytes)
40	5F	SHA-256 (32 bytes)

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We here at PSXHAX.COM would like to wish EVERYONE a HAPPY 4/20 Day today!

Below you'll find some 4/20 videos, stories and Tweets making their rounds on Twitter for the cats who can't just lay back and chill with the rest of us

sPECiAL sHOUT oUTS to those who remember ANY OF THiS (if you do, take another puff and pass it to the left!), to my #1 Newfie markyg and to qwertyoruiopz for keeping everyone awake the last few weeks!

Feel free to add your own 4/20 Day videos and stories below...

So one day I was sitting with a buddy, his pregnant girlfriend (who was wearing a dress, mind you), me and my chick... and phat blunts, bongs, etc weren't good enough so we started doing buckets... if you've never done 'em consider yourself warned!

Next thing we know his old lady leaves the room for a few minutes to get us more brews, and before she comes back he tells us he's gonna Fonzie her... so we were all like ummmm ok???

Soon as she got back she gave us our drinks like a nice lil wifey, went to sit down next to him on the couch and shot up faster than any pregnant chick I've ever seen move in my entire life... and it was only then we realized wtf he was on about, she got Fonzied!!!

If you don't find this hilarious, either you had to be there or need to take another hit and reread it!
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Following the PS4 4.0x WebKit Exploit Break Down, JailbreakMe PS4 3.5x / 3.70 / 4.0x Exploit Ports, 4.50 Kernel R/W Access and his original JailbreakMe PS4 4.0x WebKit RCE Exploit today PlayStation 4 hacker qwertyoruiopz confirmed on Twitter that he "just pwned PS4 4.5x" which Google defines as "(especially in video gaming) utterly defeat (an opponent or rival); completely get the better of."

Of note, PS4 Firmware 4.55 has now become mandatory to use PSN reported by HYTR and we'll update this article once specifics become available on how qwertyoruiopz has pwned PS4 v4.5x, but until then it's GREAT to hear his progress on hacking the PlayStation 4 video gaming console!

From the latest Tweets added above, qwertyoruiopz has confirmed on Twitter that PS4 OFW 4.55 is vulnerable to both Webkit RCE and Kernel LPE exploits which is great to hear as the PlayStation 4 developers ponder if he's planning a scene release or not.

According to Wololo the...