Hacking World of Warcraft

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1、HackingWorldofWarcraft™AnexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesignGregHoglundHackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedhoglund@hbgary.comrootkitdesign©2006GregHoglundWhyGames?•Gamesarefun,welikethem,andit’safreshtopic•Gamesarecomplexonlineapplications•Thereisahealthy

2、communityofgamehackers(thatis,thosewhowritegamehacks&discovertheexploits)•ComputerGamingisBIGBUSINESS–Microsoftreportsthatgamingisthethirdmostcommonactivityontheirplatforms,justafterbrowsingtheWebandemailHackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesi

3、gn©2006GregHoglundWhycheat?•It’sachallenge•BecauseIsuckatthisgame•BecauseIlikehavinganunfairadvantage•Becausecheatingmakesthegamemorefuntoplay–Suchasautomatingrepetitiveandboringtasks•Becausecheatingmakesmoney$$$$!HackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedr

4、ootkitdesign©2006GregHoglundMassivelyMultiplayerOnline’s(MMO)•ThinkD&DmixedwithIRC•Morethan50activeMMO’sintheworld•Over10millionplayersofMMO’sworldwide,andthenumberisdoublingeveryyear(whoa!)•2.9MillionplayersofMMO’sactivelysubscribedintheU.S.alone(IDGestimate

5、)•6millionsubscriberstoWoWworldwideHackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesign©2006GregHoglundhttp://mmogchart.com/Chart4_files/Subscriptions_21524_image001.gifHackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesign©2006GregHoglundhttp://mmogc

6、hart.com/Chart7_files/Subscriptions_12473_image001.gifHackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesign©2006GregHoglundMMO’sandMoney•Therearerealexchangeratesbetweenin-gamecurrencyandrealmoney–The“wealth”insomeMMOworldsisgreaterthansomesmall“real”coun

7、tries•Therewasa$600milliondollarreal,secondarymarketselling‘virtualgold’in2005(estimatesvary)•Currentcalculationsshowthat“farmers”canmakeabout$1.17hourplayingWoW–ThisisgoodenoughforChina!HackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesign©2006GregHoglun

8、dTheexchangerateisTheexchangerateisroughly10centstoagoldroughly10centstoagold--pieceonpieceonWoWWoWserversserversHackingWorldofWarcraft™-anexerciseinadvancedrootkitdesign©2006GregHoglundh