Security in Online Games: Current Implementations and Challenges

Reza M. Parizi; Ali Dehghantanha; Kim Kwang Raymond Choo; Mohammad Hammoudeh; Gregory Epiphaniou

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10543-3_16

Security in Online Games: Current Implementations and Challenges

Reza M. Parizi
, Ali Dehghantanha^*
, Kim Kwang Raymond Choo
, Mohammad Hammoudeh
, Gregory Epiphaniou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Security in online gaming is a growing target for hackers due to the amount of money involved in online gaming. Components are used in the security measures implemented for these games, but no single security component is 100% effective. Our research aims to investigate methods of game security and the components used in them, as well as the hacks used to exploit and circumvent online gaming security mechanisms. As a result, our study arrives to some interesting points, and outlines a number of recommendations and potential research directions. This, in turn, can pave the way for facilitating and empowering future research in this domain to assist game engineers and testers in security management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Big Data and IoT Security
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	367-384
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030105433
ISBN (Print)	9783030105426
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10543-3_16
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Data privacy
Game data
Hacking
Online game
Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science

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