Wololo.net

wololo.net has been one of the most important sources of information for PSP/Vita security since 2008. This page is a portal for our major articles and tutorials on the subject. If you’re interested in PSP Programming, how to do it, or its history, all you need is here. The information contained in these pages can also be useful if you look for knowledge about computer security in general.

Security tutorials

• How to find a Gamesave Exploit
• How to write a binary Loader
• How to port Half-Byte Loader to your game exploit
• Finding exploits with fuzzing
• Analyzing a crash in the XMB

A Crash is not an exploit

• Why we can’t easily find exploits in BMP Images
• Tiff Crashes: a breakpoint is not an exploit

PSP Security history

Some of the milestones in the history of PSP Security

• 2010/12/24: Total_Noob’s Homebrew Enabler for OFW 6.20
• 2010/12/19: Minna no sukkiri Demo exploit
• 2010/08/24: Half Byte Loader on OFW 6.31 with “Minna No Golf”, port by J416
• 2010/03/29: Half Byte Loader on OFW 6.20 by M0skit0,ab5000 and wololo
• 2010/03/29: Patapon2 exploit on OFW 6.20 by wololo and malloxis
• 2009/11/29: Half-Byte Loader alpha release for OFW 5.50 by m0skit0 and ab5000
• 2009/07/10: MOHH Exploit by kgsws
• 2009/05/07: ChikHEN on OFW 5.03 by Davee
• 2009/04/12: Tiff exploit on OFW 5.02 by Matiaz
• Before that: the ancient times…wololo.net didn’t talk so much about security in those times. Cool stuff such as CFW, the first HEN, eLoader, pandora batteries…happened back then. Those were the days, and maybe I’ll write an article about it one day…