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How do client anti-cheats prevent mock reports?
I'm mostly thinking about Riot's Vanguard and (what I think Valve does) with different bait memory addresses. How do these anti-cheat systems actually verify that if a packet is sent that it is ...
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Unity remote security vulnerablity risk identified. Is there a patch for beta versions?
https://unity3d.com/security?utm_campaign=other_emea_announcement_2017-08-18-EMEA-Security-Notification&utm_content=2017-08-17-Global-Editor-Security-Notification&utm_medium=email&...
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What methods do game hacks use to counter anti hack systems?
In popular multiplayer first person shooter games, there are often hacks such as Aimbot, Noclip, Speed, and other similar hacks which I know game developers deploy anti hack features to combat, but, ...
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How to design game server to mitigate DDOS attacks [closed]
I'm in the design phase of a turn based game with low load on the server (<1 message every 10 seconds per user, <50'000 users at a time). The game is multi-platform. The protocol has not been ...
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Cross-platform multiplayer game in JavaScript [closed]
I want to start creating a simple multiplayer, JavaScript based, cross-platform game. Think about it as a two player mario where players can shoot each other. My question is what is the best way (or ...
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How to secure Pacman game for making it fool-proof enough to keep hackers away? [closed]
We have made an online game very similar to Pacman. The idea is to award top scorers with various incentives and prizes. But at the end of the day, we need to keep hackers at bay so that our game app ...
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How to prevent attackers from compromising multiplayer game servers?
Consider a relatively small multiplayer game server, written by an individual or a small company. Some malicious user wants to boost their character stats by a factor of 100. What paths of attack ...
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