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2025-03-03

Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit

An in-depth exploration details how a security researcher discovered and exploited vulnerabilities in the Xbox 360 hypervisor using encrypted memory attacks and race conditions. The researcher successfully developed a software-only exploit chain that achieves hypervisor code execution through a bootloader update payload, though with relatively low success rates and temporary effects.

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