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(complete video of the talk - uploaded Oct. 22, 2018)

UPDATE (10-23-18): This hack was patched on 11.8 and was never publicly implemented
Please use Frogminer -> Free B9S cfw, works on 11.8, covers all major regions
(disclosure: Frogminer is my hack, but it serves the same purpose smeahax originally promised, so it's relevant here)​

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It looks like our old 3DS scene pal @smealum has returned to the limelight! Famous for his groundbreaking Ninjhax, Ironhax, and Tubehax userland exploits, and the udsploit kernel11 hax, Smea is back and better than ever with a total of four new exploits set to be revealed this Saturday at Defcon 26 in Las Vegas! So if you never got on the CFW bandwagon (full control of your 3DS with all the implied benefits), you'd better come and tune in with us this Saturday at 11:00 am PT sharp!​

Slides and Additional Videos

MHAX userland
ROHAX2 priv. escalation
ZHAX kernel11
TWLHAX arm9

(please wait for the guide to be updated for instructions)
^ skeletonwaiting.gif

code for my full 3DS exploit chain is available on GitHub https://t.co/7tp679fBEO https://t.co/d98VJ0kfX3 https://t.co/BuFKA3CcSv https://t.co/yypeZTMDpN

— smea (@smealum) August 11, 2018

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[lone_wolf323]

I'm sure there's enough famous people that have died to cover all 365 days of the year so ... no, I don't think it's a coincidence.

but he named his daughter zelda omg a nintendo connection!

Is it wrong that all I can think of right now is marigold from polka dot shorts saying her catch line. *coincidence??? I Think Not!*

 

[MaxiBash]

I hope DSi hacking comes to the scene...
It slowly starts building up a community again.

 

[kumikochan]

And Smea keeps pumping out exploits like a machine.

 

[Justin20020]

Maybe he found a way to the thing with nintendo server-side to be safe for bans

 

[OrGoN3]

But does it gain arm11 access or are we stuck in userland?

 

[Ricken]

But does it gain arm11 access or are we stuck in userland?

Pretty sure he has exploits for both Arm11 and Arm9
But I could be wrong

 

[zoogie]

But does it gain arm11 access or are we stuck in userland?

Free userland primary --> privilege escalation --> kernel11 --> Arm9.

Everything you need for CFW.

 

[OrGoN3]

Free userland primary ... --> Arm9.

Everything you need for CFW.

I thought an arm11 kernel hack was also needed for cfw to enable srv/svc access. Like with safehax/udsploit.

 

[zoogie]

I thought an arm11 kernel hack was also needed for cfw to enable srv/svc access. Like with safehax/udsploit.

The ... stands for priv escalation and k11.

Thought I could get away with shorthand but you people don't miss anything ;p

 

[Deleted User]

Love watching these kinds of things, definetely gonna be watching this.

 

[lAkdaOpeKA]

Well they left seedminer alone surprisingly, so maybe there's a chance they'll let smeahax slide.

I don't think so, though. His stuff gets a lot more publicity so it will probably catch big N's attention.
Seedminer was initially ignored when it was released Jan 20th. Then in early Feb it caught on and has been slowing rising in popularity since (as it became more convenient, thanks to friends). I think seedminer flew under Nintendo's radar.

Thanks to friend, but also thanks to an evil villain... JACC!

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Well, we already have a #pwned4life exploit (surprising the bootleggers haven't been pumping out decently built ROM-based gm9/b9s cards) - and it doesn't even require going to a crashy website to run slowhax to run safehax to run gm9/safeb9sinstaller!

Look at it more than a "lol nintendo here's why your design is wrong, everyone point and laugh (and maybe donate)" (like basically every past hacking conference),
and as a generous service to people who can't/want't to buy a flashcard, don't have another hacked console, and have been patiently or not so patiently, though 3DS Homebrew ""Development"" and Emulators appears to be calmer on this front waiting (instead of using Gamestophax) over a year for an arm9 exploit

Well, Gamestophax works, but eBayhax can be much cheaper

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Will smeahax be better than Seedminer? I Always thought that this is already an idiotproof easy hack.

"Idiot proof". Well not really. I once had someone who tried formatting his console three times because it wasn't working, only to realize that Sudokuhax doesn't start right away and needs to wait a few seconds. Or what about all the people that, thanks to jacc's extremely poor instructions, were entering their ID1 instead of the ID0 on bruteforcemovable?

 

[kuwanger]

I actually emailed modchipsdirect about card delisting and they said they aren't restocking ntrcards because there's so little demand for them.

I'm not too surprised. Most the major NDS flash carts can be temporarily flashed to ntrcard and back, and since it's only a one-time thing there's no real major demand I imagine. I mean, I sort of was tempted to buy one of those dual ntrcard things but all my systems were already hacked (and all my DS flashcards are ntrcard compatible) so it would have been entirely for the novelty. That and seedminer is obviously cheaper if I didn't have any cards already.

Personally I'm most interested in smea's talk because it's just interesting to hear about the various ways to exploit systems, especially those of the mass-produced consumer-tamper-resistant type. It's satisfying to hear people constantly fighting for right to repair/modify no matter how little governments seem to support the notion.

 

[chrisrlink]

I doubt a Deneuvo style raid will occur with smea arrested....right?

 

[lAkdaOpeKA]

Maybe he found a way to the thing with nintendo server-side to be safe for bans

Of course not...

 

[SirNapkin1334]

I doubt a Deneuvo style raid will occur with smea arrested....right?

Yeah but smea isn’t a pedophile

 

[Ryab]

Exactly, RW was a hardcore nintendo gamer.

its it a fact that someone dies like very 6 seconds or something like that

 

[SirNapkin1334]

its it a fact that someone dies like very 6 seconds or something like that

No?
Two people die every second. Five people are born every second.

 

[Ryab]

No?
Two people die every second. Five people are born every second.

ah I knew it was something along those lines

 

[zoogie]

Yikes, less than 24 hours to go

I'll put media links in the OP right before the talk starts.

 

[TheZander]

i thought the talk was yesterday, what is going on tomorrow