The popular PlayStation Portable gaming console from Sony has witnessed the birth of its very first trojan; dubbed Trojan.PSPBrick, it renders the PSP - well, a brick.
Malware specialist Symantec has identified the first trojan to target Sony's popular PlayStation Portable (PSP) gaming console. Taking advantage of a number of recent exploits which have allowed PSP owners to run non-signed code on the device, the trojan, dubbed
Trojan.PSPBrick, masquerades as a download which offers to enable such capabilities to users.
Instead of enabling the execution of so-called 'homebrew' code, however, the trojan deletes four vital system files required for the PSP to be able to boot its operating system, causing the device to become what is known as a brick - or unusable, in less cryptic terms. According to Symantec, Trojan.PSPBrick is thus far causing little damage as it does not contain the means by which to spread to other users, and as such the malware will not cause PSP owners who refrain from attempts to enable the execution of unsigned code any inconvenience.
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