Hello World! Hacked homebrew on 360

Looks like the Hypervisor vulnerability we reported earlier this week has led to the first real homebrew code running on an Xbox 360. It's nothing to write home about just yet. Created by a hacker known only as Crawler360, all the code does is display the words "Hello World" on the screen. Still, this is the first unsigned code running on an Xbox 360 not utilizing XNA. As usual, the hacking language eludes us, but essentially the "Hypervisor vulnerability" was "exploited" using a "shader hack" found in the game "King Kong". Users will need the game and one of two specific kernels. Chances are, if you've been connected to Live, your kernel has already been updated.

So, what the hell does this mean? It means somebody managed to run code on an Xbox 360 that ain't supposed to be running on an Xbox 360. Hackers, it would seem, have their proverbial foot in the door. Let the PSP-like cycle of new-hack-firmware-update-new-hack begin.

[Via Engadget]