Cheating

Josh and Kurt talk about a database of game cheaters. Cheating in games has many similarities to security problems. Anti cheat rootkits are also terrible. The clever thing however is using statistics to identify cheaters. Statistics don’t lie. Also, we discuss the Pretendo project sitting on a vulnerability for a year, is this ethical? https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_425_Video_game_cheaters_also_pretendo.mp3 Show Notes Hacker News searchable database Benford’s law John Oliver Medicaid Mario64 invisible walls Pretendo Pretendo exploit

Josh and Kurt talk about Capcom claiming modding a game is akin to cheating. The arguments used are fundamentally one of equity vs equality. Humans love to focus on equality instead of equity when we deal with most problems. This is especially true in the world of security. Rather than doing something that has a net positive, we ignore the details and focus on doing something that feels “right”. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_405_Modding_games_isnt_cheating_and_security_isnt_fair.mp3 Show Notes Why Capcom thinks PC game modding is akin to “cheating” Ben Heck