Securing MMOs: a Security Professional's View from the Inside
metr0 - Securing MMOs: A Security Professional's View from the Inside Gold farmers.
Summary
Architecture and Background
metr0 - Securing MMOs: A Security Professional's View from the Inside Gold farmers. Cheaters.
Vulnerability Analysis
Beleaguered programmers. All ingredients in a recipe for an unstable, fun-sapping game.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
Closely following the model of "Brief Title: Long, Boring Description," Securing MMOs: A Security Professional's View From the Inside will give attendees a look at the security problems plaguing the MMO industry and how modern engineers are taking the fight to cheaters and hackers in MMOs. metr0 is currently a Senior Software Engineer with Bioware Mythic in Fairfax, VA.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
As a member of computer security group Kenshoto, he has hosted four Defcon CTF competitions and frustrated thousands of hackers with unnecessarily evil challenges. For the last four years, he has written subversive software and has recently moved into the gaming industry. For copies of the slides and additional materials please see the DEF CON 18 Archive here:
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