Any Xbox 360 can now be hacked with just a USB Flash Drive | Modern Vintage Gamer (www.youtube.com)
from misk@sopuli.xyz to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 17 Mar 15:31
https://sopuli.xyz/post/24012875

A look a the newest Xbox 360 software only Hypervisor Hack known as BadUpdate. It requires a Xbox 360 - any model including the later Winchester revisions - on the latest system version (17559), a USB flash drive, Rock Band Blitz Trial and some patience. This latest hack is a very exciting update for the Xbox 360 community. In today’s episode we take a closer look at the BadUpdate exploit.

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[deleted] on 17 Mar 17:33 next collapse

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caseyweederman@lemmy.ca on 17 Mar 22:27 next collapse

Before you all go upgrading your consoles to the latest official firmware:

Q: Can this be turned into a softmod?
A: No, the Xbox 360 boot chain is very secure with no attack surface to try and exploit. There will never exist a software only boot-to-hacked-state exploit akin to a “softmod”.

It’s also not persistent, so you have to do this 20-minute process every time, and it only has a 30% success rate.

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca on 17 Mar 22:28 collapse

Still pretty cool though. Maybe this tech will eventually lead to a softmod.

LemUrun@pawb.social on 17 Mar 22:54 collapse

Tethered sucks. Everybody knows tethered iOS jailbreaks. BUT a few jailbreaks are untethered, so maybe here as well, some exploit can lead to untethered 360 “jailbreak”.