Game Over, Man: Gamers Under Fire

Christopher Boyd, Director of ResearchFaceTime Security Labs

Digital Divide

• Current gen built for digital media, online gaming

• Consoles released that take no physical media

• Digital downloads are expensive

• DRM issues limit value of purchase

I T B E G I N S W I T H B A T M A N

U N D E R T H E H O O D

Types of Modding

• Hardware – Generally non-threatening

• Hexing – Can sometimes be malicious

• DDoS / Phishing / harassment

Microsoft’s worst enemy: Microsoft

Buying and Selling

Current pricing

A L L Y O U R B A S E S. . .

Phishing with XBox Messaging

Friend Request Spamming

Gamertag hacking

Host Forcing

Host Booting / DDoS

Social Engineering

• Pretexting support staff is very popular

• Dedicated SE teams on forums

• Do we really need this information in there?

T H E E N D ?

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