Security
Video Games, Case Study, Security,
A Study In Success: Testing MovieStarPlanet 2
We consider ourselves lucky to be able to do work we’re passionate about in an industry we love. For the entire Cyrex team, working with video games has been a lifelong ambition and seeing our cybersecurity and development skills succeed in making games and online spaces safer for players and developers alike is when we’re at our most fulfilled in ...
12 August 2020
Video Games, Security,
Game Security: Protecting Your Bottom Line
For those of us who grew up before the true tech boom, the term ‘hacker’ and the idea of hacking as a viable, ethical professional field can sometimes be dismissed or misunderstood. It can conjure distorted images of shut-in, anarchist rogue agents with a flair for disruption. Sometimes we think of Hollywood images of Mathew Broderick in War Games or ...
22 June 2020
Video Games, Security,
Nintendo’s NNID Hack: The Impact of Authentication Flaws
The entire games industry and news media set have been talking this week about the recent Nintendo’s NNID hack. With the confirmed number of breaches now over 300,000, as well as potentially a similarly large number of account hijackings, we think now is an ideal time to give a security viewpoint on what happened, how it happened, and what can ...
16 June 2020
Video Games, Security,
Do Online Games Pose Greater Cyber Risks?
As cybersecurity experts working in the games industry, perhaps the most common question we hear all the time is ‘What type of game is most likely to be hacked?’ Generally speaking, all games are hackable in theory and there isn’t really a hierarchy for one type or genre being more or less hackable than any other. Mobile games, for instance, ...
11 June 2020
Security,
Flying High on Free Wi-Fi: A Lesson Learned in DNS Tunnelling
On a recent trip from San Francisco to Belgium, Cyrex founders and native cybersecurity experts, Mathieu Huysman and Tim De Wachter, spotted a potential threat to profits 30,000 feet above the ground. Naturally they were curious. When you’ve worked in cybersecurity for as long as we have, it’s so easy to think to yourself that you’ve seen it all. It’s ...
14 May 2020
Development, Security,
Web Applications: Balancing High Performance and High Security
All business in 2021 is digital. From payroll architecture for newsagents and supermarkets to developers of mobile games and even the players, our work and our play rely heavily on the proper functioning of applications. We no longer live in an era where people can afford to wait for information to transfer. We’ve got so much choice too that we ...
6 May 2020
Healthcare, Security,
Health Checks for Healthcare Security Apps
The healthcare sector is amongst the most heavily regulated in the world, and for good reason. From medical devices and diagnostic tools to best practices and procedures, there are strict national and international guidelines for everything. As patients, we trust the healthcare industry and its practitioners to do everything in their power to look after our physical wellbeing, but do ...
29 April 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
Video Games, Security,
5 Common Security Pitfalls in Gaming
Security will always be a hot button issue in the games industry. Questions like ‘how easy is it for players to cheat in my game?’, ‘am I doing enough to comply with data privacy laws?’, and ‘how much of my profits am I losing through in-game cheating?’ are timeless and will always be at the forefront of a developer’s mind ...
15 April 2020