Game Hacking 101

About this Event

Take part in a one day course where you learn the fundamental skills used to hack PC video games! Whether you’re looking to hone your advanced security skills, pursue a career in the video game industry, or finally beat Elden Ring, you’ll walk away with practical experience hacking a real video game. And while you’re having fun “playing around”, you’ll also gain knowledge of reverse engineering, binary exploitation, and the dark arts of assembly language. So join us, and you can finally find a way to use video games to advance your career!

Key Takeaways

Having a broader understanding of techniques or services that can be leveraged in your Red Team operation(s).

Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Student Requirements

Curiousity

What should students bring

Students must have a Windows laptop with an Intel or AMD processor (i.e. not ARM; the assembly output will be different), with the appropriate permissions to install software (i.e. Admin rights on the computer) in order to participate in the hands-on labs in the course.

Trainers

Aaron Hnatiw is a cybersecurity and software engineering professional, with over a decade specializing in developing security tooling. As a long time gamer, yet lacking the time and the patience to “git gud”, he has become proficient at the art of hacking video games in order to enjoy them as he sees fit.


Mickael Nadeau is the co-founder of CYBERDEFENSE.AI. His passion for security and technology has led him to go through multiple technical training sessions. He previously led some research on game hacking which gave birth to multiple talks and multiple workshops in the past few years. He's part of the Corelan's survivors and achieved the “CertifiedBrute” status by Brutelogic. Joke aside, he's also known as the “Docker/Kubernetes Wizard” regarding cloud security architecture.