How Video Game Hacking Works

Speaker/Bio

Eddy Luo is a sophomore majoring in Computer Engineering at Boston University. He is currently working on a project to improve parking within the city of Boston with his advisor, Prof. David Starobinski.

Abstract

I will present talks centered on the hacking of video games. Two of the talks focus on MMORPGs, titles which often provide a lot of profit for the people who hack them. The other one explains how machine learning can be used for people to get an edge over the other team, including the ability to predict which options the opponent has in a game, the specific game here being Hearthstone, an online card game.

References

• Defcon 22: I am legend: Hacking Hearthstone with machine learning
• Defcon 20: Fuzzing Online Games
• Defcon 19: Hacking MMORPGs for Fun and Mostly Profit.