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SUMMARY:Exploiting Online Games - Gary McGraw\, CTO\, Cigital
DTSTART:20080129T103000Z
DTEND:20080129T113000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Lewis
DESCRIPTION:The talk\, based on a book of the same title (co-authored by G
 reg Hoglund)\, exposes the inner workings of online game security for all 
 to see\, drawing illustrations from MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft to d
 iscuss:\n\n* Why online games are a harbinger of software security issues 
 to come\n* How millions of gamers have created billion dollar virtual econ
 omies\n* How game companies invade your privacy\n* Why some gamers cheat\n
 * Techniques for breaking online game security\n* How to build a bot to pl
 ay a game for you\n* Methods for total conversion and advanced mods\n\nBut
  ultimately this talk is about security problems associated with advanced 
 massively distributed software.  With hundreds of thousands of interacting
  users\, today's online games are a bellwether of modern software yet to c
 ome.  The kinds of attack and defense techniques I describe are tomorrow's
  security techniques on display today.\n\nBIO\nGary McGraw\, Ph.D.\nCTO\, 
 Cigital\n\n"Company":http://www.cigital.com\n"Podcast":http://www.cigital.
 com/silverbullet\n"Blog":http://www.cigital.com/justiceleague\n"Book":http
 ://www.swsec.com\n"Personal":http://www.cigital.com/~gem\n\nGary McGraw is
  the CTO of Cigital\, Inc.\, a software security and quality consulting fi
 rm with headquarters in the Washington\, D.C. area. He is a globally recog
 nized authority on software security and the author of six best selling bo
 oks on this topic. The latest\, Exploiting Online Games was released in 20
 07. His other titles include Java Security\, Building Secure Software\, Ex
 ploiting Software\, and Software Security\; and he is editor of the Addiso
 n-Wesley Software Security series.  Dr. McGraw has also written over 90 pe
 er-reviewed scientific publications\, authors a monthly security column fo
 r darkreading.com\, and is frequently quoted in the press. Besides serving
  as a strategic counselor for top business and IT executives\, Gary is on 
 the Advisory Boards of Fortify Software and Raven White. His dual PhD is i
 n Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University where he 
 serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the School of Informatics.  Gary
  is an IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors member and produces the mo
 nthly Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine.
LOCATION:Room FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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