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Game client security, explained for developers.

Technical articles on Android game security, client integrity, game engines, and the threats developers need to understand.

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How do games detect the Xposed framework

How do games detect the Xposed framework

Injection refers to the process of adding cheat modules or code into a game process via an injector, thereby enabling cheating without modifying the original source code. On Android systems, this is typically achieved through methods such as SO injection, ptrace injection, and Zygote injection.

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How games detect injected cheats

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 the Xposed framework

How games detect the Xposed framework

Among the security risks faced by games, in addition to common cheats such as memory modification, speed hack and hacking, there is also a category of seriously harmful cheats - “injection cheats”.

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