The State of Security in MMORPGs 288
Anonymous writes "Security researchers Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw poked around in World of Warcraft and other online games, finding vulnerabilities and exploiting the system using online bots and rootkit-like techniques to evade detection. Their adventures in online game security became fodder for the book,
Exploiting Online Games. McGraw
discussed with securityfocus the state of security in modern video games, cheating and anti-cheating systems, how the market for cheats, exploits, and digital objects is growing, what we could learn from the design of these huge systems, and how game developers react to submissions of security vulnerabilities."
Re:My personal feelings.. (Score:5, Funny)
1) You can grind away whatever playtime you have in order to get the cash legitimately,
2) you can buy it from someone that is grinding away (or perhaps using exploits), or
3) you can turn to exploits/hacks/whatever yourself
(enter stage left, dramatically)
NOOOObody expects the Slashish Inquisition! If you're into a MMORPG, and you "need" cash
Security in MMORPGs? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Game is realistic (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Look, that's the *idea*, people (Score:4, Funny)