[HN Gopher] A beginner's guide to game hacking techniques [pdf] ___________________________________________________________________ A beginner's guide to game hacking techniques [pdf] Author : eatonphil Score : 81 points Date : 2021-11-08 20:04 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (gamehacking.academy) (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 ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-11-08 23:00 UTC)