PSA: Brickers Abound

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Just a short Public Service Announcement for our users, particularly the ones who like their Homebrew on Nintendo platforms. The Homebrew community tends to be positive and participating in it is a recipe for a good time, but no group of people is free of bad actors with too much time on their hands. We have reason to believe that in the near future we'll see a lot of suspicious uploads of innocent-looking applications that are actually concealed console brickers and viruses. We came across a disconcerting threat against our site, among others, made by a Wii malware creator.

The safety of our users is our number one priority, so we strongly urge forum-goers to be weary of applications uploaded to the site recently, particularly if they come from relatively new accounts. We apologise for this inconvenience, but sadly there is little we can do besides staying vigilant and dealing swiftly with any and all suspicious content.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em
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About time!
I've noticed that earlier today as well, but I'm not sure that's a good thing. Previously we at least had some insight in terms of the code, now we have nothing. No matter, I don't think it's a serious threat anyway, just one I wanted users to be aware of.
All he had there is poor random forks and crappy modifications to the source of other software. The URL he included in his modified "RiiConnect24 Patcher" was removed from the host by request, although he was not aware.
We have copies of all of their "bricking" crap- it's good that it's no longer out there in the public, in GitHub.
The script kiddie also had private information about another user in the wii scene, including a full body photo of them- in a repository dedicated to sharing it.
Additionaly, after violating all of these rules- they abused the edit feature in GitHub to make a pull request- a joke.
(They also created several "nudes" repositories but eneded up deleting them shortly after)
 
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No the Vita has good games and was doing console gaming on the go way before.

Persona 4 Golden? That's it!? Console gaming on the go done first!!?? As if the latter ever mattered in something being done better, let alone right!



I have a recommendation: keep your opinions to yourself. Then you won't get destroyed by people older and more experienced than you!
 

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Well, as if it was a pain in the ass to unbrick my 3DS already (installed Luma CFW w/ A9LH like an idiot) now I have to be cautious of hardbrickng retards, nice.

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I requested for their virgin account to be banned for violating the Terms of Service (uploading viruses/malware)

So Console brickers ain't gettin' no pussy? (or dick, who am I to judge) LOL
 

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About time!

All he had there is poor random forks and crappy modifications to the source of other software. The URL he included in his modified "RiiConnect24 Patcher" was removed from the host by request, although he was not aware.
We have copies of all of their "bricking" crap- it's good that it's no longer out there in the public, in GitHub.
The script kiddie also had private information about another user in the wii scene, including a full body photo of them- in a repository dedicated to sharing it.
Additionaly, after violating all of these rules- they abused the edit feature in GitHub to make a pull request- a joke.
(They also created several "nudes" repositories but eneded up deleting them shortly after)
I'm glad to hear there's a backup. I did see the code for some of these apps during my little investigation and he didn't even remove comments with credits for the original creators, hence some initial confusion regarding innocents being involved in this nonsense. It was very, very sloppy indeed - typical copy-paste job with no flair or flourish to it.
 
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What happened to all the information on the front page?
The information originally quoted from the source has been redacted to prevent it from spreading and giving the guy publicity, the message remains the same though - exercise care and don't install binaries from unsavoury sources.
 

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I think all homebrew loaders/package installers should have a built-in anti-malware feature. One that checks if the homebrew writes important parts of the NAND, which could leave you with a bricked console, and warns the user before installing, like Vitashell when you install a .vpk file only more advanced. And maybe check the hashes against a database of known brickers.
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What we could do in the meantime is create a separate installation of dolphin, just for testing homebrew, and if nothing happens make a NAND backup before installing/using the homebrew/WAD.
 
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What we could do in the meantime is create a separate installation of dolphin, just for testing homebrew, and if nothing happens make a NAND backup before installing/using the homebrew/WAD.

you would also need to rename sd.raw as some of the bricker has a "anti dolphin check" all it does is check if that file is on the nand renaming it bypasses the check on dolphin so if you cant get it to work on there thats why
 

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you would also need to rename sd.raw as some of the bricker has a "anti dolphin check" all it does is check if that file is on the nand renaming it bypasses the check on dolphin so if you cant get it to work on there thats why
Does that mean we can protect our Wiis by simply placing a file called “sd.raw” on the actual NAND?
 
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Does that mean we can protect our Wiis by simply placing a file called “sd.raw” on the actual NAND?
if that bricker has that cheap anti dolphin code then yeah, you can trick a real wii into a dolphin wii lol it wont work with all brickers only wii bricker 9000/pong so far works
 

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