Software that can see opponents through walls. Aimbots that can lock onto other players automatically. Tools that can boost characters’ stats to the max. The world of online game cheats is ...

In this Dark Reading interview from Black Hat USA 2025, Dark Reading senior news director Rob Wright speaks with Sam Collins and Marius Muench from the University of Birmingham about their research on ...

Serafim Pinto is the CTO and co-founder of the anti-cheat solutions provider Anybrain. The cheating landscape in video games is drastically different in 2026 than in previous years. Advancements in ...

For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat. Hobbyists have long dedicated themselves to finding vulnerabilities in games, often with the goal of ...

Over the last few decades, video games have evolved to the point where many now consider them a form of art, much like cinema and television. This shift has also led to games becoming increasingly ...

The big picture: Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick in the United Kingdom estimate that roughly 80 websites selling cheats for online video games generate between $12 million ...