Today Dailymail.co.uk (linked above) is reporting that the world's first iPhone virus has surfaced, which apparently changes your wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley.

Since the recent jigbreak, those who did not change their root password are vulnerable as it will reportedly turn on the iPhone's SSH service.

To quote: "A 21-year-old Australian claims to be the first...

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Russian PSP hacker mc707 has released EBOOT Patcher v1.0 for Sony's PlayStation Portable, which will allow you to play 5.55 / 6.00 games on 5.00 M33-6, 5.03 MHU, 5.03 GEN-A and other Custom Firmware.

Note: It doesn't work alone, as you'll need the 5.55 & 6.00 PSP Game Decrypter v2 and PRXdecrypter v2.3.

Download: PSP EBOOT.BIN Patcher v1.0

To quote, roughly translated:

Instruction
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The CEO, Andrew Mclennan, of UK based Metaforic has lifted the lid slightly on a new method of protection for Nintendo DS games.

He noted that essentially the new protection will mean that each game is its own security system, and will take a very long time to hack.

The overall aim of the new protection is to make hacking a manual job and limit the chances of automating...

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It's too early to tell if this is just a bug, glitch, or if someone actually hacked Sony's PlayStation Home server to change the message for all PS3's, however, what is confirmed thus far is that numerous people have experienced the same issue.

That being said, lorello1978 shared a video on YouTube which states the following, via rough translation:

I turned on the PS3, I...

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Just two days ago Sony PSP hacker Dark_AleX released LEDA: Legacy Software Loader BETA v0.1 for PSP.

For those who haven't been following, LEDA integrates into M33 Custom Firmware to let you run your old 1.0 and 1.5 kernel-based homebrew apps.

It also works on the PSP Slim, and today he has updated it to v0.2 with the following changes:

Download: LEDA: Legacy Software Loader BETA v0.2 for PSP
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Sony PSP hacker Dark_AleX has released LEDA, the Legacy Software Loader today. LEDA integrates into M33 Custom Firmware to let you run your old 1.0 and 1.5 kernel-based homebrew apps. It also works on the PSP Slim.

Download: LEDA: Legacy Software Loader BETA v0.1 for PSP

From the ReadMe file:

Description: LEDA is a program that integrates into M33 custom firmwares to let some old 1.00/1.50...

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Sony PSP hacker Dark_AleX has updated his M33 Custom Firmware today to M33-6. This update addresses a Memory Stick issue, and the included fat_comparison.html compares the speed of each driver.

Download: PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6 / PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6 [Mirror]

Changes in 5.00 M33-6:

- Fixed a bug that made unbootable psp without memory stick or with a bad one.

The included...

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Today PSP hacker Dark_AleX has released a library that aides homebrew developers in making applications resembling the look and feel of the PSP's original XMB.

The PSP VLF Library (VSH Look & Feel) is also responsible for the official 'XMB' look of Despertar del Cementerio, for example.

Download: PSP VLF Library 1.0 [Right-click, Save As]

To quote: It is here finally....

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Today PSP hacker Dark_AleX has updated his Despertar del Cementerio Universal Unbricker to v8 for the PlayStation Portable.

For those who didn't know, this PSP utility can be used with a Pandora battery to restore and install custom firmware on any PSP console, except for the TA-88 v3 and PSP-3000 units.

Download: PSP Universal Unbricker v8 / %1# [Mirror]

From the included...

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PSP hacker Dark_AleX has released PSARDumper with PSP-3000 Module Decryption today. This updates allows to decrypt 5.00,01 modules of the PSP-3000.

Download: PSARDumper With PSP-3000 Module Decryption / %1# [Mirror]

To quote: Firstly, to avoid misunderstanding: This program is NOT for psp 3000. It is for psp1000/2000, but it allows the decryption of psp 3000 prx's for researching purposes.

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