WeAreDevelopers Logo WeAreDevelopers
Sign in
For You LIVE
World Congress 2023 • Oct 6, 2023

Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats

Tom Tovar

Automated attacks hit mobile games just 137 milliseconds after launch. Instead of banning these exploiters, discover how to transform game cheats into a massive, untapped revenue stream.

Pause
Mute Enter Fullscreen
#1 about 5 min

Embracing a new perspective on mobile cyber attacks

Viewing threat vectors as potential monetization channels changes how teams approach application security.

#2 about 4 min

Understanding the speed and scale of app attacks

Automated attack vectors target new mobile applications within milliseconds of deployment to production environments.

#3 about 3 min

Monetizing gray market emulation platforms in mobile games

Detecting players on unauthorized emulation platforms creates opportunities to negotiate bounties with underlying platform providers.

#4 about 3 min

Converting memory editing attempts into paid user upgrades

Identifying runtime memory modifications allows publishers to prompt malicious actors to legally purchase injected currency.

#5 about 2 min

Offering subscription paths for advanced cheat tool users

Intercepting multi-purpose utility tampering tools creates an avenue to upsell features natively via paid subscriptions.

#6 about 3 min

Creating competitive environments for automated bot execution scripts

Isolating automated gameplay scripts into dedicated server clusters retains bot developers within isolated competitive environments.

#7 about 2 min

Differentiating monetizable gameplay manipulation from malicious fraud

Separating economy enhancement tools from destructive financial malware is critical when engineering responsive application business logic.

#8 about 2 min

Implementing runtime threat event frameworks for attack telemetry

Passing attack metadata from embedded control frameworks empowers engineering teams to define downstream application business logic.

#9 about 2 min

Best practices for integrating attack monetization business logic

Separating security detection responsibilities from user experience development teams prevents operational friction during implementation.

#10 about 3 min

Audience questions on memory editing and patch detection

A breakdown of standard patching identification techniques alongside insights into automated defensive framework compilation architectures.

Matching moments

2:45 min

Enterprise-grade software operations within the cheat industry

John Romero John Romero · World Congress 2025

2:38 min

Applying game security principles to enterprise threat detection

John Romero John Romero · World Congress 2025

5:15 min

Conceptualizing app security defense using gaming mechanics

Ramona Schwering Ramona Schwering · World Congress 2024

52 sec

Evading game detection systems using adversarial machine learning

John Romero John Romero · World Congress 2025

2:10 min

Examining common exploitation techniques against software organizations

Vandana Verma · LIVE

3:11 min

Evaluating mobile game prospects and encountering missed investment opportunities

Monty Munford · LIVE

More from World Congress 2023

The year 3000, a brief history of Web Development thumbnail
25:30
over 2 years ago

The year 3000, a brief history of Web Development

Lorenzo Pieri

Demografie nutzen um jedem Bewerber das passende Angebot zu machen! thumbnail
8:52
almost 3 years ago

Demografie nutzen um jedem Bewerber das passende Angebot zu machen!

Nathalie Gierth

Guided Memory Management: Rust's Ownership Model thumbnail
0:18
almost 3 years ago

Guided Memory Management: Rust's Ownership Model

Stefan Baumgartner

Passwordless future: WebAuthn and Passkeys in practice thumbnail
32:32
almost 3 years ago

Passwordless future: WebAuthn and Passkeys in practice

Clemens Hübner

External Secrets Operator: the secrets management toolbox for self-sufficient teams thumbnail
30:07
almost 3 years ago

External Secrets Operator: the secrets management toolbox for self-sufficient teams

Moritz Johner

Building Reliable Serverless Applications with AWS CDK and Testing thumbnail
25:18
almost 3 years ago

Building Reliable Serverless Applications with AWS CDK and Testing

Raphael Manke

Upcoming sessions on this topic

Open session

Speed or Security? Why Not Both for Your Coding Agents

  • Ajeet Raina

    Docker

    Developer Advocate

Open session

From Profiler to Production: Measuring What Actually Matters in React & React Native

  • Andrei Tazetdinov

    Dynatrace

    React Native Developer

Open session

ULTRON: Your Agent Has No Hands - Real-Time Voice, MCP, and Ten Phones on Stage

  • Sagar Tamang

    Two Spoon Technologies

    AI Engineer

Open session

Beware of Strangers Bearing Code: Open Source Trust in the Agent Era

  • Vikram Vaswani

    Consultant

Open session

Prompt Debt: Why Your AI System Is Frozen in Time

  • Suriya Prakash B

    Red Hat

    Principal Software Engineer

Open session

Teaching AI Coding Agents to Build It Right the First Time

  • Sajeetharan Sinnathurai

    Microsoft

    Principal Product Manager

Related videos

Outsmarting the System: What Game Cheaters Can Teach Us About Cyber Security thumbnail
17:31
World Congress 2025 • about 1 year ago

Outsmarting the System: What Game Cheaters Can Teach Us About Cyber Security

John Romero

Checkmate: 5 Real Incidents That Can End a Software Company thumbnail
27:08
World Congress 2026 Europe • 3 months ago

Checkmate: 5 Real Incidents That Can End a Software Company

Jasmin Azemović

WeAreDevelopers LIVE: Scammer Payback with Python, Grok Goes Unhinged, The Future of Chromium and mo thumbnail
1:01:44
LIVE • almost 2 years ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE: Scammer Payback with Python, Grok Goes Unhinged, The Future of Chromium and mo

Dan Cranney, Chris Heilmann, Brian Rountree

How to Build a Monetization Strategy Based on User's in-app Behavior thumbnail
38:59
World Congress 2021 • over 5 years ago

How to Build a Monetization Strategy Based on User's in-app Behavior

Natalie Sieradzki

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - "Fun and games - and all that comes with it", Back to BASIC & more thumbnail
1:13:02
LIVE • about 1 year ago

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - "Fun and games - and all that comes with it", Back to BASIC & more

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney, Johanna Pirker

FIFA Hack, Midjourney Does Ultrasounds, and Trampoline Traffic Lights - Nicole Jeschko and Werner Jeschko thumbnail
5:55
LIVE • 4 months ago

FIFA Hack, Midjourney Does Ultrasounds, and Trampoline Traffic Lights - Nicole Jeschko and Werner Jeschko

Chris Heilmann, Daniel Cranney

Related articles

From learning to earning

Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.