Tools will be available on github soon. See README.txt for more info. Update: Uh oh… Waninkoko speaks up: “Do NOT install in Slim consoles! Looks like users are reporting bricking issues. That’s weird ...

Building upon the exploits of the fail0verflow hacking troupe, a tinkerer known as "KaKaRoToKS" has got the first "custom firmware" (CFW) running on PS3. The modification can be applied to any version ...

Here is what I call PS3 Acid CFW, an XMB custom firmware XML hack pack for the PlayStation 3 console. I spend the last days in playing around with PS3 FW files and have modified some of them and ...

After Sony's somewhat bizarre "security" related decision to block Other OS installation on the original PS3 consoles with the next scheduled firmware update, hacker George Hotz – who some believe ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. What you're about to read is far from a wide-ranging concern. But it does highlight one legitimate reason Sony has for going after PS3 users ...

The very first modified firmware for retail PlayStation 3 consoles has been released, allowing any PS3 owner to install their own programs onto the XMB. Open source developer Youness Alaoumi (hacker ...

Noted iPhone and PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz, or GeoHot, told the gaming community not to update their systems until he was able to release custom firmware allowing them to continue using their ...

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A Chinese hacking group says it has released a Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) custom firmware which can circumvent the firmware on the game console. BlueDiskCFW released the custom firmware CFW which ...

Sony has broken its "looking into it" silence in spectacular fashion, by suing Geohot, fail0verflow, and multiple other individual hackers for the recent smashing of the PlayStation 3's security.

The leaked PS3 root key has spawned its first public hack, with instructions surfacing on how owners can create their own custom firmware. The handiwork of KaKaRoTo, the actual usefulness of the hack ...