A flaw in the Xbox 360 DVD firmware could allow the forces of darkness in the hacking world to install custom firmware in the machine.
The hack has been found by a bloke who goes by the handle ‘TheSpecialist’ and has found a few firmware hacks before.
Mr TheSpecialist said that the hack enables a person to gain full control of what the DVD will accept and would mean that the drive could gain the capability to boot backups of original game DVDs.
The goal is getting a 360 to do a backup booting and according to Mr TheSpecialist a dark and sinister hacker Illuminati is close to doing this.
He said Vole made a big mistake by forgetting about the firmware. It even forgot to remove the debug routines, he claims.
Although the 360 has a little bit more advanced protection, Vole also forgot to sign the firmware and this allows the hacker to gain full control of the drive.
Even if Microsoft issued a forced update to disable the modification, new firmware could be installed again which goes undetected, claimed TheSpecialist.
Story source:
theinquirer.net.
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