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Video Games, Cloud, News, Security,
Anti-Cheat Systems: Security through Obscurity
Anti-cheat solutions are a common sight in online games. Most studios even have their own proprietary anti-cheat system. Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC), Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC), BattlEye, are well-known and commonly used. These systems are useful to have, they deter the average hacker and stop opportunists at the door. It’s the perception of the anti-cheat and the consequences of being caught that ...
5 November 2020
Video Games, Cloud, News,
Reduce Cheating and Hacking up to 90% with Cyrex GST
Cloud gaming offers a range of benefits to developers, from the reach and accessibility and the removal of hardware or geographical barriers for players. But one such benefit that can be consistently overlooked is the level of protection it brings against cheating and hacking. How does the cloud prevent cheating and hacking? Cheating and hacking is always a problem, no ...
29 October 2020
Video Games, Cloud, News,
Cyrex Break Down Hardware Barriers with New Game Streaming Technology
For decades now, access to gaming hardware, machines, and accessories has been a major barrier to entry for players everywhere. From today, those barriers will get a little easier to navigate. We’d like to introduce Cyrex GST. Our new game streaming technology (GST) allows video games developers to port their games to the cloud for direct streaming on both PC ...
21 October 2020
News, Security, Video Games,
Cyrex’ New Indie First Security Program for First-Time Developers
Cyrex is launching a brand-new program, Indie First, to protect indie developers in the gaming sector. Cybersecurity is a constantly growing worry and with more indie developers emerging now more than ever, there is a huge need for awareness and proactivity in the space. Cyrex wants to give developers that boost they need to keep their IP, revenue, and players ...
9 October 2020
Development, Finance, News,
Reverse Engineering for Banking Apps: What, How, and Why?
We now live in an age of open banking, at least in theory. As we approach the recently-extended compliance deadline for PSD2 on December 31st, we are facing two linked but clashing realities. One, that so-called ‘open banking’ will have huge benefits for consumers and corporate interests alike and will help usher in a mini revolution in the world of ...
27 August 2020
Security, News,
Cyrex Warns Against the Use of Zoom Video Platform
After a long line of security compromises have been revealed, Cyrex has advised clients and partners on the extreme risks of continued use of the newly-popular Zoom video conference calling platform. In addition, Cyrex team members have been prohibited from using Zoom for work-related activity with a strong suggestion to avoid use in a personal setting also. The growth of ...
24 April 2020
Development, News,
Corona Connect: Staying Secure in the Community
Cyrex team develops community outreach platform for those affected by COVID-19 in Belgium and its surrounding areas. 100% free to use and completely secure, Corona-Connect.be connects those in need with those willing to help in the face of one of the most trying times in recent memory. Right now we are facing a time in human history where it’s never ...
20 March 2020
Security, News, Video Games,
Cyrex to Launch Bug Bounty Platform to Identify Vulnerabilities in Game Software
Pioneering cybersecurity services provider Cyrex’s latest venture will call on the hacking community to identify and exploit game-breaking vulnerabilities and security flaws in video games. Cyrex has announced a major expansion of its gaming cybersecurity division as it looks to bridge the gap between game developers and cheaters (those exploiting in-game vulnerabilities), uniting them under a symbiotic cybersecurity banner. While ...
11 April 2019
