Archive for the ‘Xbox360’ Category

PS3 and Xbox360 IDA Plugin Update (again)

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

As more special PPC instructions are stumbled across, support for them gets added to the plugin. I know I could go through an exhaustive list of all instructions and add them all, but for now I am content with adding them a few at a time :P

PPC Altivec plugin v1.6 for IDA v5.6

Support added for the instructions: attn, lwsync, ptesync, tlbiel, tlbie, tlbi, slbie.

Also added support for the SystemSim “callthru” instruction (should this even be used outside of a simulator?) and lastly an instruction that I cannot find any information about. The hex value is 0×02002000 so for now I have added this instruction as opcode_02002000 so that it will at least disassemble to code and can therefore be treated as code. If anyone knows what this instruction is please let me know :)

Posted in IDA, PS3, Xbox360 | 7 Comments »

PS3 and Xbox360 IDA Plugin Update

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Here is version 1.5 of the PPC Altivec Plugin for IDA v5.6 which adds support for special instructions that are used by some PPC based devices. This was originally written by Dean Ashton and then updated by Takires.

This is useful when disassembling Xbox360 and PS3 binaries in IDA as they utilise these special instructions that are not supported by IDAs built in PPC disassembler module.

I have done some fixes to instructions that were previously handled incorrectly, as well as adding support for some new instructions. I also fixed an issue where instruction sizes were being reported incorrectly resulting in an incorrect disassembly.

Posted in IDA, PS3, Xbox360 | 2 Comments »

Bruteforcing AES encrypted data

Friday, May 8th, 2009

When it comes to cryptography algorithms the topic of bruteforcing them appears often, however is rarely dealt with in a satisfying way. Usually such a discussion will start with someone asking “Why not just bruteforce it?” and end with someone stating “It is not possible, it would take too long”. Occasionally someone will chip in with ”Why not randomly guess it? You might get lucky”. So one day I decided to  find out if it is possible, and if not, to at least get an idea of just how long “too long” is.

(more…)

Posted in Crypto, Xbox360 | 32 Comments »

Cryptography For Dummies

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

This is a very basic overview of some common cryptographic terms and techniques employed not just in videogame consoles but universally. I will make generalisations in order to simplify the explanations, so I urge you to read more elsewhere to get a fuller understanding. Bruce Schneier’s Applied Cryptography is widely regarded as the best introduction and reference book on cryptography. (more…)

Posted in Crypto, Xbox360 | 4 Comments »

Current List of Revoked Xbox 360 Consoles

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Everyone has heard about the Xbox360 bans that stop a console from connecting to Xbox Live, however not many people realise that Xbox360 consoles can also be revoked. Below you can find a list of all the currently revoked consoles at the time of the Fall’08 system update release. Read on to find out why and how an Xbox360 gets revoked and what effect it has. (more…)

Posted in Xbox360 | 40 Comments »

New Xbox360 Disc Protections? Bans to follow?

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

I noticed the other day that when FIFA’09 for Xbox360 is patched with the latest update, the flags that specify what media the game is allowed to run from have changed. Originally it was allowed to boot from a standard original Xbox360 disc, however now it is only allowed to boot from a new media type which is basically an updated version of the original Xbox360 disc type. (more…)

Posted in Xbox360 | 46 Comments »