How to Encrypt Unity AssetBundle Resources
AssetBundles are a type of compressed resource storage package provided by Unity. They contain game assets such as images, models, textures, audio/video files, and code files.
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Technical articles on Android game security, client integrity, game engines, and the threats developers need to understand.
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How games detect custom injection cheats
In recent years, the intensity of security countermeasures in gaming has escalated significantly, particularly evident in the pronounced trend of Injection Cheats.
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Game Packet Capture Detection Solution
In today's gaming market, Game Black/Gray Industry is employing increasingly sophisticated attack methods.
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How games counter dnSpy decompilation tool
This article will demonstrate through case studies the characteristics of the decompilation tool dnSpy, analyse how games should counter reverse engineering and hack issues, and propose effective solutions.
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How games counter AssetStudio
AssetStudio is a commonly used resource extraction tool. This article analyses how games should address hacking issues through case studies and proposes effective solutions.
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Single-Player Game Anti-Hack Solution Analysis
JikGuard Game Protection has sorted and analysed common problems in single-player games, such as hacking, memory modification, archive encryption, and resource leakage.
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How Games Counter IL2CppDumper Reverse Engineering
This article will focus on analysing how games should respond to IL2cppDumper's reverse engineering in IL2CPP mode and provide effective solutions.
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Game Reverse Engineering Tools Analysis and Solutions
This article will analyse the implementation principles of some common game reverse engineering tools through case studies and propose solutions.
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How games detect MT Manager
In this article, we will analyse the features and principles of the reverse engineering tool ‘MT Manager’ through case studies and provide solutions for game hacking.
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Unreal Engine Game Protection Solution
The UE engine's strengths lie in its powerful graphics and visual effects, which align well with the current gaming market's demand for high-quality, premium content. However, the UE engine also faces security issues, especially as there are already many hacking tools targeting the UE engine on the market.
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How games detect speed-hack cheats
Among the many risks of cheats faced by games, in addition to common cheating methods such as memory modification and injection, the black and gray industries also often use "speed-hack" to cheat.
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JikGuard game protection supports Google Play's 16 KB page-size compatibility requirement
The Android Developers Blog announced that, starting from 1 November 2025, all app updates submitted to Google Play targeting Android 15 and higher must support a 16 KB page size on 64-bit devices. Applications that have not been adapted to this new specification may face the risk of not running properly in the future.
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JikGuard game protection supports Steam Deck
Where there are games, there is cheating, and the Steam Deck is no exception. At its core, it creates a PC-like environment through a compatibility layer, allowing games to run on SteamOS under Linux. This means the Steam Deck also faces the same game security issues as PC games.
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Security Risk Analysis for Racing Games
A large amount of game data is stored locally, making the security situation for racing games even more severe. JikGuard has compiled some cases and analysed their principles.
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Are there hacks that increase gacha pull rates?
JikGuard collected some of the card drawing probability-enhancing cheats sold on the market and tested their actual effects and implementation principles.
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VMOS Open-Source: New Threat to Game Security
Virtual machine technology has been exploited by the black and gray industry of gaming to run cheats. The system simulated by the virtual machine can provide ROOT permissions for modifiers and can also run multiple instances. Running games in a virtual machine environment poses considerable security risks.
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How Games Detect Black and Gray Studio
With the diversification of the game market, the methods used by black and gray industry in the gaming industry are also becoming more diverse. Games such as SLG and MMO are frequently targeted by black and gray studios because they can be used to make money directly or have trading systems.
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How Games Detect iOS Jailbreaks
According to JikGurd's observations, although the iOS system has a certain level of security, it is not without vulnerabilities, such as the common cheating method known as iOS jailbreak.
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FPS Game Anti-Cheat Solution
In order to combat game cheats, we need to understand why FPS game cheats are difficult to prevent. From what angles do these cheats attack? The JikGuard technical team collected some game cheat samples and analysed them.
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Black and Gray Industry Insights: HappyMod
This article provides an overview of the game hacking platform HappyMod, revealing its operating model and potential harms.
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Online Game Anti-Cheat Solution
How to efficiently detect cheats is the key to ensuring the healthy and stable operation of games. We will analyse the implementation principles of common cheats through actual cases and share online game anti-cheat solutions.
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iOS Code Encryption Solutions
Unlike Android's open source ecosystem, iOS's closed source ecosystem's hardware, software, and services are strictly reviewed and tested, ensuring a certain level of security and stability. However, this has also led to some companies neglecting security issues during development, such as iOS game anti-cheats and anti-hacking.
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Casual Game Security Risks Analysis and Solutions
While casual games continue to grow rapidly, they also face a variety of security issues. JikGuard has compiled and analysed several case studies.
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Unity Resources Randomization Encryption Solution
JikGuard conducted an in-depth analysis of the Unity Resources resource loading principle, found the core points of encryption and decryption, and constructed a solution and algorithm for random encryption of resources.
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Speed Hack Mechanism Analysis and Countermeasures
The principle of speed hack implementation is to speed up or slow down the flow of time in the game by modifying the obtained system time.
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OllyDbg Dynamic Debugging Detection Solutions
In this article, we will focus on analysing the principles and solutions of the OllyDbg dynamic debugger and its variants.
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How Games Detect Magisk Cheating Tools
Although the open source ecosystem has brought Android better development space, it has also brought with it a lower threshold for hacking and more serious security issues. A common method of cheating in Android games is to obtain root privileges to provide an environment for game cheats and hacks.
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Unreal Engine Resource Encryption Solution
Compared to Unity, Unreal Engine's advantage lies in its powerful graphics and visual effects, which align with the game market's demand for high-quality, premium games. However, like Unity, Unreal Engine also faces serious security issues.
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How games detect injected cheats
In addition to common cheating methods such as memory modification and hacking, the black and grey industry for games also use ‘special plug-ins’ with relatively high barriers to entry. Special plug-ins are cheats customised for specific game play, also known as ‘injection cheats’.
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How games detect virtual frameworks
Risky environments for games are environments that are independent of the original device or disrupt the original system of the device. Common game risk environments include: iOS jailbreak, Android root, virtual machines, virtual frameworks, cloud phones and so on. Because these types of risky environments can provide the high-level device permissions needed for game cheats and hacks, there are often greater security risks when the game is in these device environments.
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