Collaborate Disseminate
I play Pokémon Go. (There, I’ve admitted it.) One of the interesting aspects of the game I’ve been watching is how the game’s publisher, Niantec, deals with cheaters. There are three basic types of cheating in Pokémon Go. The first is botting, where a computer plays the game instead of a person. The second is spoofing, which is faking GPS…
The post Fraud Detection in Pokémon Go appeared first on Security Boulevard.
I play Pokémon Go. (There, I’ve admitted it.) One of the interesting aspects of the game I’ve been watching is how the game’s publisher, Niantec, deals with cheaters. There are three basic types of cheating in Pokémon Go. The first is botting, where a computer plays the game instead of a person. The second is spoofing, which is faking GPS… Continue reading Fraud Detection in Pokémon Go
The Boston Red Sox admitted to eavesdropping on the communications channel between catcher and pitcher. Stealing signs is believed to be particularly effective when there is a runner on second base who can both watch what hand signals the catcher is using to communicate with the pitcher and can easily relay to the batter any clues about what type of… Continue reading Boston Red Sox Caught Using Technology to Steal Signs
Eddie Tipton, a programmer for the Multi-State Lottery Association, secretly installed software that allowed him to predict jackpots. What’s surprising to me is how many lotteries don’t use real random number generators. What happened to picking golf balls out of wind-blown steel cages on television?… Continue reading Insider Attack on Lottery Software
Cheating pays, until it doesn’t. Continue reading Rockstar Is Seizing ‘Stealth Money’ from Cheaters in ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
As the sophistication of attacks to allow cheating have grown, so too have the defenses of the games industry Continue reading How online gamers use malware to cheat
Wired is reporting on a new slot machine hack. A Russian group has reverse-engineered a particular brand of slot machine — from Austrian company Novomatic — and can simulate and predict the pseudo-random number generator. The cell phones from Pechanga, combined with intelligence from investigations in Missouri and Europe, revealed key details. According to Willy Allison, a Las Vegas-based casino… Continue reading Predicting a Slot Machine’s PRNG
Would you use your tech prowess to cheat at the Pinewood Derby? When your kid brings home that minimalist kit and expects you to help engineer a car that can beat all the others in the gravity-powered race, the temptation is there. But luckily, there are some events that don’t include the kiddies and the need for parents to assume the proper moral posture. When the whole point of the Pinewood Derby is to cheat, then you pull out all the stops, and you might try building an electrodynamic suspension hoverboard car.
Fortunately for [ch00ftech], the team-building Derby sponsored by …read more
Continue reading Fail of the Week: Pinewood Derby Cheat Fails Two Ways
An impressive Chinese device that automatically reads marked cards in order to cheat at poker and other card games…. Continue reading A High-End Card-Reading Device
An impressive Chinese device that automatically reads marked cards in order to cheat at poker and other card games…. Continue reading A High-End Card-Reading Device