What Is a Jailbroken PS4? Jailbreaking strips the console of Sony’s software restrictions. This lets users install third-party apps, pirated games, emulators, and custom themes. In India, it’s usually ...

A trio of hackers have taken advantage of a file system bug to jailbreak the PS4, PS4 Pro, and potentially the PS5 in the near future. As Kotaku reports, the new exploit allows any PS4 console running ...

Hackers have released a new PS4 jailbreak for firmware version 9.00. Titled “pOOBs4”, the jailbreak takes advantage of a filesystem bug in the 9.00 firmware update. Notably, the kernel exploit used to ...

PS4 consoles have finally been blown wide open courtesy of a new hack, according to Kotaku. BANGKOK, THAILAND - 2018/05/24: A Sony PlayStation 4 video game console with a red wireless controller next ...

It’s been over 8-years now since the release of the PS4 and, by and large, the console has proven to be exceptionally resiliant to hackers. Oh, don’t get us wrong, successes have certainly been made ...

PS4 and PS4 Pro owners now have a way to jailbreak their consoles, thanks to a small team of hackers who released a kernel exploit earlier this week. The jailbreak, maturely named “pOOBs4,” allows ...

Sony quietly rolled out PS4 system update 11.52 on July 17, the patch notes for which reveal that the company is still combating exploits. Hackers reckon that given the console’s age, Sony should try ...

You might think that jailbreaking a PS4 to run unsigned code is a complicated process that takes fancy tools and lots of work. While developing said jailbreaks was naturally no mean feat, thankfully ...

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Sony has stealthily removed the jailbreak exploit for its flagship home console via the recently launched PS4 update 4.73. That’s at least according to new reports filtering onto the web today, which ...