Observations indicate that in recent years, attacks from the Game Black/Gray Industry have shown a significant trend toward diversification in their approaches. Key security challenges include studio operations, custom injection hacks, auto click hacks, memory modification hacks, and Hack versions.
According to JikGuard data, among the numerous security risks facing games, memory modification attacks account for approximately 11%. The primary method involves gaining elevated privileges and then using memory modifiers to tamper with the game's memory.
Memory modifiers are essentially universal or custom cheat tools equipped with memory search and modification capabilities. With numerous variants existing across different systems, this article analyzes common memory modifiers through practical case studies and proposes corresponding solutions.
◆ GameGuardian Cheat Tool
GameGuardian enables manual memory search and modification. As demonstrated below, by repeatedly searching for game coin and item values through GameGuardian, the memory address is identified and subsequently altered to achieve infinite coins functionality.
Additionally, GameGuardian supports script invocation, enabling users to locate and modify memory through scripts to achieve automated Hack. These scripts also serve as the primary means for distributing many game Cheats.
◆ Cheat Engine Modifier
Cheat Engine is a powerful Windows game memory modifier. It can scan game memory and perform operations such as modification and locking. It also includes features like a debugger, disassembler, assembler, SpeedHack, and system check tools.
Memory scanning is Cheat Engine's primary function. By repeatedly searching, it locates memory addresses within a game. Once confirmed, it enables editing, locking, and other operations to create Cheats.
JikGuard has discovered that some cheating users are modifying mobile games running on PC emulators using Cheat Engine and producing and selling their Cheats. This high-level cheating bypasses traditional detection methods, making detection and investigation more difficult.
Compared to mobile platforms, PC environments offer more open permissions. Cheat Engine can be paired with other tools to debug and analyze games while concealing its own presence.
To address memory modification issues in games, JikGuard has developed a specialized countermeasure. This solution has been integrated into multiple popular games and has demonstrated outstanding protection capabilities.
Anti-Memory Modification
To address the memory modification risks faced by games, JikGuard has developed a behavioral detection solution capable of precisely identifying memory modification activities. This solution effectively neutralizes all types of modifiers, cheats, and their variants, providing robust protection.
Security Environment Detection
Employing low-level detection methods, it accurately identifies game runtime environments such as jailbroken devices, rooted devices, virtual machines, virtual frameworks, and cloud phones, while providing customized crash prevention strategies.
