Friday Squid Blogging: Squids from Space Video Game
An early preview.
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Cybersecurity Fantasy Role-playing Game
It’s called Cryptomancer. Think computer hacking plus magic. I know nothing about it, but it feels reminiscent of Shadowrun.
Reddit thread. RPG.net thread.
EDITED TO ADD (12/14): A review.
A High-End Card-Reading Device
An impressive Chinese device that automatically reads marked cards in order to cheat at poker and other card games.
Hacking Bridge-Hand Generation Software
Roughly three weeks later, there is a operation program available to crack ACBL hand records.
- Given three consecutive boards, all the remaining boards for that session can be determined.
- The program can be easily parallelized. This analysis can be finished while sessions are still running
this would permit the following type of attack:
- A confederate watch boards 1-3 of the USBF team trials on vugraph
- The confederate uses Amazon web services to crack all the rest of the boards for that session
- The confederate texts the hands to a players smart phone
- The player hits the head, whips out his smart phone, and …
Security Lessons from the Game of Werewolf
I can’t believe I haven’t posted this before.
Plagiarism in Crossword Puzzles
Yet another fraud discovered through data analysis.
EDITED TO ADD (3/11): More.
Cheating at Professional Bridge
Interesting article on detecting cheaters in professional bridge using big-data analysis.
Basically, a big part of the game is the communication of information between the partners. But only certain communications channels are permitted. Cheating involves partners sending secret signals to each other.
The results of this can be detected by analyzing lots of games the partners play. If they consistently make plays that should turn out badly based on the information they should know, but end up turning out well given the actual distribution of the cards, then we know that some sort of secret signaling is involved.
Friday Squid Blogging: Disney's Minigame Squid Wars
It looks like a Nintendo game.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Hacking the Game Show "Press Your Luck"
Fascinating story about a man who figured out how to hack the game show “Press Your Luck” in 1984.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.