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How to approach replacing md5 for transporting Unity game data to a remote server

TL;DR I am working on a gaming system that uses UnityScript and C# on the client and PHP on the server. A MD5 hash of the data plus a shared secret is used to check that the data has not been modified in transit. Is MD5 good enough for this? What…
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Sending a client-side high-score to a server securely

I'm creating an web-application that has a simple javascript game in it. Once the player finished playing the game the high-score is sent to the server and saved. After a specific period the player with the best score receives a prize. Is there a…
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Preventing artificial latency or "Lag Hacking" in multiplayer games

There is an attack that some people have dubbed "lag hacking", and its gaining popularity in multiplayer games. There are at-least two ways of creating artificial latency. One method of introducing artificial latency is using a lag switch, where…
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Ingress and Pokémon GO collect a lot of data - what impact could this have on my privacy or security?

The Augmented Reality games from Niantic, Ingress, (where players travel to specific GPS locations to destroy and rebuild virtual targets, link locations, and team up with other players in order to carry out missions) and Pokémon GO (a reworking of…
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Gamification of IT security - any applications yet?

Gamification, which is the use of game design elements and game mechanics in a non-game context, is a heavily discussed topic. Looking at the behavioral impact on Gamification, it has potential in educating users in IT security and rewarding secure…
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Can you be DDoS'ed even if you are behind a home router with no open ports?

I was wondering if someone can become a victim of a DDoS attack as home user when only his IP is known by the attackers but he is behind a router with no open ports or other known vulnerabilities? I'm mainly interested because this becomes more and…
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Is it security risk to host CS:GO server on my PC?

I have quite good hardware in my PC and an optic fiber connection. I opened a CS:GO (Counter Strike Global Offensive) server on it, and made it public. The IP for connecting to this server is my public IP address. I set a strong password to the…
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Are there any academic papers/books about hacking wargames?

I'm looking for sources (academic papers, books, articles from notable magazines) that can be used as reference for a Bachelor's Thesis, that should be about making an educational, gamified hacking wargame, to be used in Ethical Hacking courses at…
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Gaming Mods Security Risks

I read the following post, and while the questions was specific to SkyRim, the more general answer was that it depends on the game. I wanted to pose a more generic question here to the security folks. The main concern seemed to be the type of file…
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isaac random number generator and the type of encryption it is used for (game packet encryption)?

I recently found isaac but I'm not sure what type of encryption is possible using it. Does the random number generator itself become the message somehow or does it get used as a seed for an encryption method? If so, what; and can someone maybe give…
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How dangerous can an anti-cheat software be, on Linux operating systems?

There are anti-cheat software for Windows that run with really high privileges in order to detect cheats on the users' machine. These anti-cheat claim to run 'on kernel' and scan the user files and memory to detect software that could be interacting…
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Do video games on Windows have vulnerabilities?

You always hear about zero day vulnerabilities in Chrome, Skype, Zoom, Office, VLC, etc. But you never hear about vulnerabilities in video games (like popular multiplayer titles Fortnite or League of Legends) that hackers can use to perform remote…
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FarCry 1 Server Security Risks?

Some friends and I want to play FarCry version 1.40 on PC over the internet on our own private server but we have some security concerns. Since the game was released 15 years ago and we'll be running it on Windows XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 3,…
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Verifying the source of a request

I am currently writing a network multiplayer game that uses a lobby system to find available matches for players to join. The list of available matches is served and updated by a web application via a simple REST API. For example, when a player…
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Is it possible to implement a secure game without having a reliable arbiter?

N players are playing a perfect information game (the kind of game where everyone knows moves of everyone) by making moves by turn (P1, P2, ..., Pn, P1, ..., Pn, ... till the game will finish). Game has specific rules for every player (if a player…
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