Hacking Speculations about Switch 2 hacking

[XRed_CubeX]

you're misinterpreting lmao, the consoles were bricked soldering onto the memory chip... You're insinuating nintendo bricked it, which is not the case, tampering with the hardware and shorting did it.

and that was one of the first few attempts, attempts to create an interface to sniff memory revealed the memory is encrypted.

and only recently has that attempt resulted in being able to interpret what data is in memory (despite being encrypted)



that guy

Ah, I had read around that some Switch 2 reacted to reading attempts by bricking themselves, then better this way. So no claimed case of switch 2 self-bricking after trying modding?

 

[FernandoRocker]

Ah, I had read around that some Switch 2 reacted to reading attempts by bricking themselves, then better this way. So no claimed case of switch 2 self-bricking after trying modding?

That was just rage bait and fake news.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Ah, I had read around that some Switch 2 reacted to reading attempts by bricking themselves, then better this way. So no claimed case of switch 2 self-bricking after trying modding?

Was never true. People just made stuff up to farm some clicks. Only brick we've seen was as shown above. Hardmodding resulting in short that fried the system.

 

[[Truth]]

Was never true. People just made stuff up to farm some clicks. Only brick we've seen was as shown above. Hardmodding resulting in short that fried the system.

YouTubers really are the schoolyard gossip of the modern world.

 

[frogti]

I just came across a post on Twitter and I'm not sure what to think about it

 

[ronin47]

I just came across a post on Twitter and I'm not sure what to think about it

I just came across a post on Twitter and I'm not sure what to think about it

Wow!! That’s great!! Isn’t it??

 

[Ondrashek06]

Wow!! That’s great!! Isn’t it??

It proves that arbitrary code execution on the console is possible, however the NAND data is encrypted (as you can see), and there's still no access to the kernel...

So yeah, there's still a somewhat long way to go until we see an actual hardmod exploit. And softmods are probably only a dream...

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

It proves that arbitrary code execution on the console is possible, however the NAND data is encrypted (as you can see), and there's still no access to the kernel...

So yeah, there's still a somewhat long way to go until we see an actual hardmod exploit. And softmods are probably only a dream...

We've had access to ACE since day 1 with the numerous ROP exploits to be fair. But dumping encrypted Nand isnt really anything too crazy.

 

[Newhouse-Estates]

I just came across a post on Twitter and I'm not sure what to think about it

Gotta somehow decrypt all that stuff.
Still pretty neat tho.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Gotta somehow decrypt all that stuff.
Still pretty neat tho.

Yeah dumping the nand is always a good start but without a method to decrypt it its basically useless.

 

[SecureBoot]

Dw guys I'm gonna just start guessing decryption keys and we'll get there eventually

 

[FernandoRocker]

That's fake. Don't be so gullible.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Dw guys I'm gonna just start guessing decryption keys and we'll get there eventually

Only take a few hundred million years. You got this!

 

[mathew77]

Dw guys I'm gonna just start guessing decryption keys and we'll get there eventually

Quantum computing, we need it ASAP!..

 

[Newhouse-Estates]

Yeah so apparently the guy just used a tool to fake sign photo's and videos.

 

[SecureBoot]

Quantum computing, we need it ASAP!..

That's gonna be a PITA for the cybersec world

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Yeah so apparently the guy just used a tool to fake sign photo's and videos.

Yeah Album hax. Just loading a custom image. No further access past that. Likely even a fake image of a nand dump.

 

[DigBar]

i got on this kairu guys discord server and he said he wasnt able to reproduce the result but heres how he supposedly did it (hes japanese i think so this was probably translated by him using a translator):

"This is a method discovered by chance by Kairun while analyzing Joycon2 while playing with a farming script for this stage.The method involves inserting an ESP32 into the upper Type-C port, flashing a farming script like the one above,then connecting the lower USB port to a PC and restarting, which puts it into RCM mode.I only managed to enter it once and haven't succeeded a second time, so if anyone can find a more stable method, please do."

 

[Ondrashek06]

Quantum computing, we need it ASAP!..

Isn't the asymmetric encryption algorithm that Nintendo uses fully quantum-proof?

 

[Newhouse-Estates]

i got on this kairu guys discord server and he said he wasnt able to reproduce the result but heres how he supposedly did it (hes japanese i think so this was probably translated by him using a translator):

"This is a method discovered by chance by Kairun while analyzing Joycon2 while playing with a farming script for this stage.The method involves inserting an ESP32 into the upper Type-C port, flashing a farming script like the one above,then connecting the lower USB port to a PC and restarting, which puts it into RCM mode.I only managed to enter it once and haven't succeeded a second time, so if anyone can find a more stable method, please do."

There is zero chance he got into RCM, If he did he would be posting a LOT more than some image.
If he told you that then he is 100% lying.