Game Technique

Goal: systematically assess game client security in an authorized context — identifying exploitable weaknesses in memory protection, network validation, license enforcement, or save file integrity — and produce findings that map to concrete client-side or server-side remediations.

When this technique applies

• Authorized game client security assessment or bug bounty engagement targeting a specific game title.
• Red team scenario requiring demonstration that game anti-cheat can be bypassed.
• Assessment of game server economic integrity (can scores, currency, or items be spoofed?).
• License or DRM security review (authorized by the publisher for internal audit).
• Game mod/plugin security assessment (does the game safely load third-party content?).

Boundary with other skills

• CTF game challenges: flag extraction from game binaries → game-ctf (faster, CTF-specific patterns).
• Deep binary exploitation: buffer overflow, heap spray in game binary → reversing-technique + vuln-exploit-technique.
• Game backend/API: REST API score submission, OAuth, economy endpoints → web-exploit-technique.
• Mobile game apps: Android APK, iOS IPA game apps → mobile-technique.