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Malicious PSP code
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:44 am
by fac51
Be careful what you download, not even the PSP is safe now.
Owners of Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) have been warned about a malicious piece of software which can render the games machine unusable.
The code is masquerading as a firmware patch for the PSP which downgrades the system from 2.0 to 1.5, said security firm F-Secure.
In its blog, F-Secure said the software removes several important system files, making the machine unbootable.
The patch is said to come from a group called PSP Team.
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:57 am
by vinnieza
Why do people do these things
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:58 am
by Vlammetje
because they like to damage other peoples property. It's the geek equivalent of bashing busstops
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:01 pm
by fac51
Vlammetje wrote:bashing busstops
they do that over there as well?
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:19 pm
by Eamonn
i can't imagine it being a chiefly british thing!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:51 pm
by vinnieza
bashing busstops
huh? Never seen that before
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:43 pm
by fac51
Eamonn wrote:i can't imagine it being a chiefly british thing!
i can
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:09 pm
by Eamonn
I think its more likely to be a worldwide phenomenon!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:06 pm
by Vlammetje
it think eamonn's right
although over here they have moved on the bigger stuff... stolen cars on railway tracks, thropwing bricks from overpasses on passing cars (2 dead and counting
), logs hanging from overpasses over railways and so on and so forth. They should all be shot as far as I'm concerned. Makes ruining busstops look like child play
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:42 am
by 117
Vlammetje wrote: throwing bricks from overpasses on passing cars (2 dead and counting
),
there was a spate of that near me about a year or so ago, bastids