Title :
Reducing the Attack Surface in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
Author :
Bono, Stephen ; Caselden, Dan ; Landau, Gabriel ; Miller, Charlie
Abstract :
As online games become increasingly complex and popular, malware authors could start targeting these virtual worlds to launch attacks. Two case studies show how an attacker can leverage various features of online games to take over players´ computers.
Keywords :
computer games; invasive software; virtual reality; computer game; game developers; malware authors; multiplayer online role-playing games; Application software; Companies; Computer security; Electronic mail; Games; Investments; Marketing and sales; Productivity; Programming; Software systems; MMORG; Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games; Securing Online Games; software development;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2009.75
