[HN Gopher] A beginner's guide to game hacking techniques [pdf]
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       A beginner's guide to game hacking techniques [pdf]
        
       Author : eatonphil
       Score  : 81 points
       Date   : 2021-11-08 20:04 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (gamehacking.academy)
        
       | brobinson wrote:
       | The site/PDF mentions using Cheat Engine... how do you even
       | download an adware-/malware-free version of that nowadays besides
       | setting up a recurring Patreon donation? I tried building it from
       | scratch, but the compilation process fails when following the
       | guide line by line. I've since switched to Squalr, which is not
       | as good, but at least it doesn't try to trick me into installing
       | adware/malware.
        
         | jimbob45 wrote:
         | Shove it in a container/VM, right? That way it doesn't really
         | matter if it turns out to be an infected version.
        
           | Rzor wrote:
           | Well, Guest-to-Host escape is a thing, so I wouldn't bet on
           | that with that much confidence, but that's definitely the
           | alternative.
        
             | LogonType10 wrote:
             | Malware developers with those skills are probably working
             | with APTs and hunting bigger fish.
        
         | baal80spam wrote:
         | > how do you even download an adware-/malware-free version of
         | that nowadays
         | 
         | What's wrong with the official version? I've used it for
         | several years now. Am I missing something?
        
       | Evansbee wrote:
       | Is there some way to do this work of memory hacking from OUTSIDE
       | the VM? I've always thought that it would be "safer" to do the
       | work by just being able to scrub the hosts side of VirtualBox,
       | then stuff events back in through the keyboard and mouse rather
       | than getting on the inside of the VM and hooking/injecting inside
       | the target executable.
        
         | jacobvm04 wrote:
         | There are libraries such as memflow[0] that let you have DMA to
         | vm using KVM. Though be warned, it's a lot more complicated
         | then injecting a dll or using cheat engine.
         | 
         | [0] - https://memflow.github.io/#/home
        
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