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This is a book that will create enormous debate within the
technical and the counter-terrorism communities. While there will
be the inevitable criticism that the material contained in the book
could be used maliciously, the fact is that this knowledge is
already in the hands of our enemies. This book is truly designed to
inform while entertaining (and scaring) the reader, and it will
instantly be in demand by readers of "Stealing the Network: How to
Own the Box"
* A meticulously detailed and technically accurate work of fiction
that exposes the very real possibilities of such an event
occurring
* An informative and scary insight into the boundries of hacking
and cyber-terrorism
* Written by a team of the most accomplished cyber-security
specialists in the world
The worldwide video game console market surpassed $10 billion in
2003. Current sales of new consoles is consolidated around 3 major
companies and their proprietary platforms: Nintendo, Sony and
Microsoft. In addition, there is an enormous installed "retro
gaming" base of Ataria and Sega console enthusiasts. This book,
written by a team led by Joe Grand, author of "Hardware Hacking:
Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty," provides hard-core gamers
with they keys to the kingdom: specific instructions on how to
crack into their console and make it do things it was never
designed to do.
By definition, video console game players like to have fun. Most of
them are addicted to the adrenaline rush associated with "winning,"
and even more so when the "winning" involves beating the system by
discovering the multitude of "cheats" built into most video games.
Now, they can have the ultimate adrenaline rush---actually messing
around with the soul of the machine and configuring it to behave
exactly as the command. This book builds on the motto of "Have Fun
While Voiding Your Warranty" and will appeal to the community of
hardware geeks who associate unscrewing the back of their video
console with para-jumping into the perfect storm.
* Providing a reliable, field-tested guide to hacking all of the
most popular video gaming consoles.
* Written by some of the most knowledgeable and recognizable names
in the hardware hacking community.
* Game Console Hacking is the first book on the market to show game
enthusiasts (self described hardware geeks) how to disassemble,
reconfigure, customize and re-purpose their Atari, Sega, Nintendo,
Playstation and Xbox systems.
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