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Google 'Tech Talks' Mist on Xbox1 Security - 360 Presentation Next Week
>> Michael Steil (alias 'mist') of the Xbox-Linux Project made a presentation for Google's "Tech Talks" on the 1st of December 2006. The video of the presentation has now been published online.
He talked in details about the Xbox(1) security, how it was hacked and what Microsoft tried to stop it. The presentation is similar to last year's 22C3 presentation (also by mist) and will explain the mistakes Microsoft made:
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In late 2001, Microsoft released the Xbox, their first gaming console, to compete against Sony and Nintendo in the living room. As the real money is made with the games and not the consoles, Microsoft had to make sure (as much as they could) that nobody could play pirated games or use the machine for anything other than games. Although the original security design idea was a good one and has been copied a lot since then, Microsoft's inexperienced team made a variety of design, implementation, and policy mistakes. This talk first (re)constructs the design of the Xbox security system from Microsoft's point of view, and then deconstructs it from the hacker's point of view. As a bonus, the talk will feature some insights in the security system of the Xbox successor, the Xbox 360.
Michael Steil is the founder and maintainer of the Xbox-Linux Project. He oversaw most of the Xbox hacks and also contributed to hacking, reverse engineering and porting Linux on the Xbox.
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In the last 2-3 minutes of the conference they mention the Xbox 360 too. No new information here ... except the announcement there will be a presentation on the 23C3 (23rd Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany) about hacking the Xbox360, PS3 and Wii.
After a bit of searching we can tell you the presentation will be held on December 28th 2006 at 20h30 local time at the 'Berliner Congress Center'. The 1-hour presentation called 'Console Hacking 2006' will be hosted by Felix Domke (alias tmbinc):
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"Next Generation" gaming consoles should not be limited to games, they have powerful hardware which we want to exploit for our needs. The talk gives a hardware overview of each of the 3 consoles, an overview of their security systems, as well as an update on hacking the Xbox 360, which has been on the market for about a year.
The Microsoft Xbox 360, the Sony Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii belong to the seventh generation of gaming consoles, having GHz-class CPUs and hundreds of megabytes of RAM. While the Xbox 360 has been released roughly a year ago, and some hacking has already gone on, the Playstation 3 and the Wii will only be released in November 2006, so they will be brand-new at the time of the talk.
Usual news sources focus on the features useful for gaming - this talk of course will focus on what we hackers really need. It evaluates possible attack points to execute homebrew code and professional operating systems. For the two systems that have just been released, you certainly cannot expect a working hack, but the basics of the security system will be explained, and it will be compared to existing systems implemented by previous consoles.
Download: Console Hacking 2006 (PDF file - 67.0 KB)
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