Video Games
Cybersecurity, Penetration Testing, Video Games,
Cyrex and Common Console Security Vulnerabilities
While it’s been mentioned in several of our articles, consoles and console security has seemingly been neglected in our published work. For those out there who are looking for gold standard cybersecurity and load testing services on console, look no further than Cyrex. Our suite of penetration testing and load testing services are available on all platforms, from console to ...
31 October 2024
Load Testing, Video Games,
Top 3 Common Load Testing Issues
There are a number of issues that we would often see across any of our load testing engagement but after a brief survey of our load tests, we’ve narrowed it down to just three. All of these issues, like any load testing issue, is a scalability one. They are classed on severity based on how users are impacted and how ...
3 September 2024
Load Testing, Penetration Testing, Video Games,
Cybersecurity and Load Testing: Evolving Gaming Landscape in 2024 & 2025
There’s been some phenomenal evolutions and changes in the gaming landscape over the past five to ten years. Huge leaps in technology, the rise of photorealism, the rise of the battle royale and the live service model. With all of these, the gaming industry has flourished and grown exponentially. As experts in cybersecurity and load testing, we watched the rising ...
1 August 2024
Penetration Testing, Video Games,
More Games-related Bugs: Cyrex Engineers at Work
It’s time to delve back into the expert hacking world of Cyrex’ security engineers as they tackle security vulnerabilities and hunt down bug bounties in their spare time! We’re joining Hazem Elsayad again, our Lead Offensive Security Engineer for the Cyrex team, as he documents his impressive progress on his blog, Hacktus! This time, Hazem leads us through some ...
19 June 2024
Penetration Testing, Security, Video Games,
The Truth of iOS Game Hacking in 2024
A common concept that comes up regarding hacking mobile and handheld devices is that iOS is innately more secure than Android. Now, in part, there is some truth to this. iOS hacking and iOS game hacking does have several barriers of entry to it, requiring a jailbroken iOS device to even begin the attempt. It’s also a closed system and ...
30 May 2024
Cybersecurity, Security, Video Games,
Common Game Flaws Found During Penetration Testing: Cyrex Engineers at Work
Back again into the incredible work our security engineers conduct, this time right into the heart of our speciality! Game security is our bread-and-butter, it is the mainstay by which we established the gold-standard of our penetration testing services and continue to grow and develop our skills. Hazem Elsayad, Lead Offensive Security Engineer for the Cyrex Entertainment team, has ...
18 April 2024
Cybersecurity, Security, Video Games,
Regression Testing: Why It’s Crucial for Airtight Cybersecurity (In 2024)
A common misconception we see regarding digital security is that regression testing is an extraneous or unnecessary addition to your cybersecurity efforts. This could not be further from the truth! Even if you have your own internal security team, patching any discovered issues during a penetration test will almost certainly give rise to new issues or vulnerabilities. Let’s take ...
4 April 2024
Security, Video Games,
The Growing Challenges of Online Gaming Services: Performance, Scalability & Security
Don’t be fooled by the title, we know that online gaming is nothing new. However, we’ve noticed a staggering increase in the inclusion of online functions or some degree of online connectivity, even in fully singleplayer experiences. Whether it’s for a gameplay reason or for anti-piracy reasons, such as the controversial Always-on DRM, we’re seeing a transition where gaming ...
14 March 2024
Security, Video Games,
RPC Validation with Unreal Engine
We recently took a dive back into Unreal Engine Network Security and touched on a few key elements as we keep up with the evolving digital landscape. We were proud to look back at the original article from several years ago and see it maintained relevancy. In the new article however, we spoke again about Remote Procedure Calls or RPCs. ...
21 November 2023