Xbox 360 Research Paper

We gave examples of people who bypassed the security system of the PS3 and Xbox 360. However, the ways that the hacking is done is more complex than just creating a homebrew program or using ‘mod’. When it comes to hacking, there are two ways to hack a console. A person can either do a software attack or a physical attack (Eric DeBusschere). Software attacks are when a person takes advantage of a hole in the console or a third party, that manufactured games with a security problem. Until 2011, the main exploit used for the Xbox 360 was from a direct memory issue exposed by unchecked shaders in Peter Jackson’s King Kong game (Eric DeBusschere). Software attacks was used for years until companies made it extremely hard to break the security measures …show more content…
They released the Super Nintendo system, it was a 16-bit video game console (MacNeil). They went on to make the SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Advanced, Nintendo DS, 3DS, etc. (MacNeil). As the game came out, hackers are always there to find holes in the system to exploit the game and use it to the consumer’s benefit. All the game from the 1990s to the early 2000s were all easy to hack, however, as technology advance, the piracy protection increases also. Although, Nintendo is not as well protected as the PlayStation, and the Xbox. The Nintendo is exploitable through the use of an SD card running a certain program called Sudokuhax, this program is only one of many ways to make the console free of use (Fitzpatrick). But Nintendo have made a new firmware that can prevent hackers from finding an exploit for the DS (Fitzpatrick). Fortunately, the 10.7 firmware can patch all the exploitable access through an SD card. This include the Team Twiizer’s release of the DSi-mode exploit called Sudokuhax that loads homebrew from the SD card in DSi-mode using a purchased Sudoku app. The new firmware checks all the program and similar to the PS4 firmware. Once it finds an unrecognized program, it reports that program and in some cases, if it recognized the program as an exploiter. It will ban the consoles from online gaming for a certain amount of time or permanently depending on the type console used. Nintendo is planning on releasing a new console called Nintendo Switch, this new system is likely going to have a new type security. Since the most of the old Nintendo console all had weak security system, this new console is more likely to make a new console that would have a brand-new type of security that may match both the PS4 and the Xbox one. With