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PS3 3.56 may have brought effective Sony rootkit

February 1st, 2011 link to (permalink)

Sony's new 3.56 firmware for the PS3 may have introduced a potentially dangerous avenue for Sony and others to control the system from a distance. Owners have said the update reportedly now supports loading remote code the moment it logs into the PlayStation Network, similar to a rootkit.

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