[PS3] Zadow28 decrypts the Cobra Dongle?
Update: there are ongoing doubts from scene veteran Kakaroto about the actual skills of Zadow28 to release something like this (in less politically-correct words: Kakaroto called Zadow28 a fake). As I myself do not have the tools or knowledge to investigate PS3 files, I cannot guarantee this is reliable information at the moment, and will update as soon as I have more info.
A few days after oct0xor decrypted the PS3UserCheat dongle, it’s time for the Cobra Dongle to reveal its secrets under the expert hands of developer Zadow.
Zadow had been investigating those dongles actively for a few months now, regularly posting bits of information on selected forums.
Today he releases most of the content of the Cobra dongle in a decrypted form (packages, elf files…), as well as debug information for those of us who are into IDA pro, and the files for the multiman file manager.
What this means to the end user is potentially a way to create your own dongle for “free” using a programmable board such as the teensy, although Zadow mentions that a bit of work is still needed for that, even though he’s done most of the heavy lifting.
Long term, potentially more information on how these dongles operate could be obtained, but I’m not sure anyone cares about that, since these dongles are, in essence, just here to obfuscate access to the code they are running (which would run perfectly fine on a 3.55 CFW).
This hopefully opens the PS3 scene (if you’re on 3.55, at least…) to a few cool pieces of news in the days to come, as devs get their hands on this. This also leaves only the True Blue dongle as the last “big” usb dongle in need of some good old reverse engineering.
Please note that I haven’t tested any of these files myself, being basically stuck on 4.10.
Download
Download here, and I swear the id of that download is purely unintentional 🙂
Source Zadow’s twitter, via ps3hax
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lol im sure it was wololo 😉
they’re all from russia as i see 🙂 and also, “zadow” is a comic character from a tv show 😀
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*** it, I really need to do the reflow of my old, fat, YLODed PS3… So much stuff going on right now!
I am terribly sorry, but to my knowledge, it is a semi-fake.
actuelly this stuff comes from me Walolo even goes to the same site as me,so dont get why he dosent ask there.
for the files, its pretty easy to see what they do.
revsersed updater from cobra team derypted payloader that shows the codes, fully decrypte multiman that shows hes real knowledge.Even that he gor special update from cobra, and ohhh also some TB in there.
And also the usb debugged proccess, thats shows how the dongle is opened.
So Fresno you arent that smart.
The scene seems to be thriving again, due to talented developers who continue to explore and liberate end-users from the shackles of drm-infected devices.
Though a long time ago, we were reliant on devices that were profitable to groups, i.e.: hard-modding of PS2 and at some point; people paid for this hard modifications…
Then, enter Dark Alex, cfw was born…anyone following the scene knows that he is synonymous with cfw. Have we become used to “free” alternatives? Many people plead “please release this” or “release that” and “When are you going to release cfw 4.11??” I commend Wololo, he has NEVER asked for anything other than our opinion and thoughts – his site even hosts contests with prices for anyone!
There is a bottom line to be made from exploits…why haven’t the authorities gone after “True Blue”? couldn’t they trace back the source through the sellers? Anyway, just sharing some thoughts – I know I’m going back and forth on subjects here.
My final note is thank you Wololo for your site, it is very cool, always updated and look forward to reading it everyday. Let’s be patient and encourage in our capacity those with the drive to make a difference and share their knowledge.
its nickname is similar to Russian surname). quite amusing surname). I hope hack TB already nearby