Fail0verflow announce they have a coldboot exploit for Nintendo Switch

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Developer kgsws (whom you might remember from the PSP days) has released a GUI to run homebrews on the Nintendo Switch, for firmware 3.0.0 (running through Pegaswitch).

I hesitate to call this a “homebrew launcher”, although it technically is, because this is not “the” homebrew launcher people have been expecting since the 34c3 conference (that one is stated to be released on February 1st, according to hacker Plutoo). Calling it a GUI though is a bit underplaying what this actually does.

Because loading from SD is still not technically supported yet on the Nintendo Switch existing homebrew platforms, kgsws’ Homebrew launcher loads individual homebrew (nro files) from an http host, then runs them through Pegaswitch’s ACE loader. The setup process is pretty heavy, at least until someone decides to host some of the homebrews on a public server and make a configuration file broadly available.

Of course, most people at this point will probably want to wait until Plutoo et. al. release their own homebrew launcher in a few weeks. Then again, it’s possible kgsws’s GUI could be reused “as is” using the backend functionality of the upcoming loader.

Kgsws released a video showcasing the loader running his own port of Doom for the Nintendo Switch.



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Source: http://wololo.net/2018/01/08/nintendo-switch-kgsws-releases-homebrew-launcher-gui/

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TomPosted:

Famous Hackers will always have something to do. Good to know the console market sucks at keeping stuff locked down.


Hacking really isnt that hard even with high secured consoles. Waiting to see xbox one get hacked. Wasnt too surprised either to see Nintendo Switch get exploited either, thought it was going to be sooner actually.

FamousPosted:

Hackers will always have something to do. Good to know the console market sucks at keeping stuff locked down.

GroguPosted:

I guess I need to buy one now

ChatPosted:

Always love to see the progress people have made

ZydrinPosted:

Crazy that people have actually done so much to exploit the switch. Some crazy work for sure.

TuskPosted:

Great to see. This is making me want to buy the switch now.

SagePosted:

Mike This is good to see people are working on the switch


Yeah, they have done a lot with it from what i have seen, The breath of the wild port to PC is getting more and more support cant wait till its a full release!

MikePosted:

This is good to see people are working on the switch