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OWASP Game Security Framework (GSF)

The OWASP Game Security Framework (GSF) represents a modular approach to understanding the security issues that surround video game ecosystems.

In 2016 the videogame market became 99.6 Billion dollar industry... any why shouldn't it be? Some of the most prolific and complex software developed today are video games. They are professionally played, sponsored, scrutinized, monetized, and celebrated, just like many sports. They handle clients, servers, web components, monetary transfers, social interactions, virtual markets, etc, with every bit the need of security that most internet hosted apps have (if not more in some cases). The GSF is designed to help threat model gaming issues that have devastated new games. Most importantly we hope the GSF can help new developers and security testers alike root out bugs in your favorite titles.

The framework is broken into three main concepts / sections:

1. Identifying and clustering the components of risk within the overall game security space, and then giving instances of each component.

Components include the following:

Attack Surfaces: the various surface areas that can be attacked by attackers in order to cause harm to the gaming ecosystem.

Vulnerabilities: the specific weaknesses in design or implementation that allows attackers to successfully target a given game.

Attacker Goals: a list of the reasons that an attacker might want to attack a given game.

Negative Outcomes: a collection of ways that the gaming company could ultimately be impacted negatively by attacks to its game and associated infrastructure.

2. A natural language semantic structure for thinking about and articulating game security issues, which uses the modular risk components as sentence structure.

Example:

"The attacker attacked and edited the LOCAL GAME CLIENT (Attack Surface), which had a LACK OF CLIENT INTEGRITY CONTROLS (Vulnerability), which allowed her to ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE HER ABILITIES (Attacker Goal), ultimately leading to an UNHAPPY PLAYER BASE (Negative Outcome) and DECLINING GAME REVENUE (Negative Outcome) due to cheating.”

Using this structure, security testers can clearly communicate the various aspects of a game security issue to many different types of stakeholder—from pentesting peers to business executives in the gaming industry.

3. Examples of real-world examples of previous attacks against games, and how the attacks map to the GSF framework components.

Licensing

The OWASP Game Security Framework is free to use. It is licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license], so you can copy, distribute and transmit the work, and you can adapt it, and use it commercially, but all provided that you attribute the work and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

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What is the OWASP Game Security Framework?

The goal of the OWASP Game Security Framework is to provide a structure for discussing the various aspects around the security of video games.

The target audience for the project includes:

Gamers
QA
Game designers
Penetration testers
Gaming executives
Anyone else with a vested interest in game security

Project Leaders

Jason Haddix
Daniel Miessler

Contributors

Kevin Hemmingsen
Troy Cunefare
Ryan Lawrence
Martin Mendoza
Koray Algan

Related Projects

Collaboration

The Slack Channel

Quick Download

COMING SOON

News and Events

[JANUARY 2017] Doing a complete redesign of the project.

Classifications

Game Security Attack Surfaces

The following is a list of the attack surfaces that can be found in video games of various types.

Attack Surface	Description
Local Game Client	The locally running game client that is accessible to the gamer because it's running on his/her machine.
Game Network Traffic	The network which game traffic traverses in order to reach the game's server or peers who are playing the game.
Game Server	The game server that is hosting the instance that gamers connect to in order to play the game.
Game Economy	The economic system that exists within the game.

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What is the Attack Surfaces Section?

This section provides an overview of the various places an attacker can target to harm a given game infrastructure.

Project Leaders

Daniel Miessler

Related Projects

Collaboration

The Slack Channel

Quick Download

Coming Soon

News and Events

Coming Soon

Game Security Vulnerabilities

The following is a list of the vulnerabilities that can be found in video games of various types, and the attack surfaces they're likely to be associated with.

Attack Surface	Vulnerability Name
Local Game Client	Ability to edit in-game resources Ability to bypass license requirement
Game Network Traffic	Network Denial of Service (player) Player bandwidth exhaustion Player game client resource exhaustion
Game Application Traffic	Application Level Denial of Service (Player) Player application logic Denial of Service
Game Server	Application Level Denial of Service (Server) Server application logic Denial of Service Ability to modify game ladder rankings Ability to modify own player resources
Game Economy	Ability to generate unlimited money on client side Ability to generate unlimited money through network/application traffic modification Ability to modify prices for in-game items Ability to replay financial actions such as buying or selling through network/application manipulation

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What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

The Security Vulnerabilities Project provides information on what types of vulnerabilities exist within games, and which attack surfaces they fall under.

Project Leaders

Jason Haddix

Related Projects

Collaboration

The Slack Channel

Resources

Top 10 IoT Vulnerabilities from 2014

News and Events

Coming Soon

Game Security Vulnerabilities

The following is a list of the vulnerabilities that can be found in video games of various types, and the attack surfaces they're likely to be associated with.

Attack Surface	Description
Local Game Client	Ability to edit in-game resources Ability to bypass license requirement
Game Network Traffic	Network Denial of Service (player) Player bandwidth exhaustion Player game client resource exhaustion
Game Application Traffic	Application Level Denial of Service (Player) Player application logic Denial of Service
Game Server	Application Level Denial of Service (Server) Server application logic Denial of Service Ability to modify game ladder rankings Ability to modify own player resources
Game Economy	Ability to generate unlimited money on client side Ability to generate unlimited money through network/application traffic modification Ability to modify prices for in-game items Ability to replay financial actions such as buying or selling through network/application manipulation

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What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

The Security Vulnerabilities Project provides information on what types of vulnerabilities exist within games, and which attack surfaces they fall under.

Project Leaders

Daniel Miessler

Related Projects

Collaboration

The Slack Channel

Resources

Top 10 IoT Vulnerabilities from 2014

News and Events

Coming Soon

Game Security Vulnerabilities

The following is a list of the vulnerabilities that can be found in video games of various types, and the attack surfaces they're likely to be associated with.

Attack Surface	Description
Local Game Client	Ability to edit in-game resources Ability to bypass license requirement
Game Network Traffic	Network Denial of Service (player) Player bandwidth exhaustion Player game client resource exhaustion
Game Application Traffic	Application Level Denial of Service (Player) Player application logic Denial of Service
Game Server	Application Level Denial of Service (Server) Server application logic Denial of Service Ability to modify game ladder rankings Ability to modify own player resources
Game Economy	Ability to generate unlimited money on client side Ability to generate unlimited money through network/application traffic modification Ability to modify prices for in-game items Ability to replay financial actions such as buying or selling through network/application manipulation

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What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

The Security Vulnerabilities Project provides information on what types of vulnerabilities exist within games, and which attack surfaces they fall under.

Project Leaders

Daniel Miessler

Related Projects

Collaboration

The Slack Channel

Resources

Top 10 IoT Vulnerabilities from 2014

News and Events

Coming Soon

Common Game Security Defenses

Table Here

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What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

The Security Vulnerabilities Project provides information on what types of vulnerabilities exist within games, and which attack surfaces they fall under.

Project Leaders

Daniel Miessler

Related Projects

Collaboration

The Slack Channel

Resources

Top 10 IoT Vulnerabilities from 2014

News and Events

Coming Soon

Real-world Examples of Gaming Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability 1

Vulnerabilty Name	Description	Surface Area	Attacker Goal	Negative Outcome	Tester Tool	Defense	Ref	Genre
Local Resource Modification, Client-side Logic Flaw	In 2015 The Division experienced an exploit that allowed an attacker to switch weapons rapidly, applying weapon buffs in a stacking manner, with no cap.	Game Client	Unfair Player Advantage	Player Anger, Lost Revenue	Game Client	Cryptographic Integrity Checks on Game Client	http://www.gamesradar.com/theres-a-division-damage-stacking-glitch-if-youve-got-fast-fingers/	3PS/1PS/MMO
The attacker attacked and edited the LOCAL GAME CLIENT (Attack Surface), which had a LACK OF CLIENT INTEGRITY CONTROLS (Vulnerability), which allowed her to ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE HER ABILITIES (Attacker Goal), ultimately leading to an UNHAPPY PLAYER BASE (Negative Outcome) and DECLINING GAME REVENUE (Negative Outcome) due to cheating.

Template 1

"The attacker attacked and edited the LOCAL GAME CLIENT (Attack Surface), which had a LACK OF CLIENT INTEGRITY CONTROLS (Vulnerability), which allowed her to ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE HER ABILITIES (Attacker Goal), ultimately leading to an UNHAPPY PLAYER BASE (Negative Outcome) and DECLINING GAME REVENUE (Negative Outcome) due to cheating.”

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I Am The Cavalry

A global grassroots organization that is focused on issues where computer security intersects public safety and human life.

Their areas of focus include:

Medical devices
Automobiles
Home Electronics
Public Infrastructure

BuildItSecure.ly

A project focused on helping small business connect with security researchers to aid in securing their IoT-based products before going market.

Their goals include:

Focus effort towards small business
Build partnerships
Coordinate efforts
Curate informational resources
Present research

Online Trust Alliance

Formed as an informal industry working group in 2005, today OTA is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approved 501c3 charitable organization with the mission to enhance online trust and empower users, while promoting innovation and the vitality of the internet. OTA is global organization supported by over 100 organizations headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with offices in Washington DC.

Addressing the mounting concerns, in January 2015 the Online Trust Alliance, established the IoT Trustworthy Working Group (ITWG), a multi-stakeholder initiative. The group recognizes “security and privacy by design” must be a priority from the onset of product development and be addressed holistically. The framework focuses on privacy, security sustainability. The sustainability pillar is critical as it looks at the life-cycle issues related to long- term supportability and transfers of ownership of devices and the data collected.

AllSeen Alliance

The AllSeen Alliance is a Linux Foundation collaborative project. They're a cross-industry consortium dedicated to enabling the interoperability of billions of devices, services and apps that comprise the Internet of Things. The Alliance supports the AllJoyn Framework, an open source software framework that makes it easy for devices and apps to discover and communicate with each other. Developers can write applications for interoperability regardless of transport layer, manufacturer, and without the need for Internet access. The software has been and will continue to be openly available for developers to download, and runs on popular platforms such as Linux and Linux-based Android, iOS, and Windows, including many other lightweight real-time operating systems.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC)

The Industrial Internet Consortium is the open membership, international not-for-profit consortium that is setting the architectural framework and direction for the Industrial Internet. Founded by AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel in March 2014, the consortium’s mission is to coordinate vast ecosystem initiatives to connect and integrate objects with people, processes and data using common architectures, interoperability and open standards.

Securing Smart Cities

Securing Smart Cities is a not-for-profit global initiative that aims to solve the existing and future cybersecurity problems of smart cities through collaboration between companies, governments, media outlets, other not-for-profit initiatives and individuals across the world.

Talks

RSA Conference San Francisco
Securing the Internet of Things: Mapping IoT Attack Surface Areas with the OWASP IoT Top 10 Project
Daniel Miessler, Practice Principal
April 21, 2015
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Defcon 23
IoT Attack Surface Mapping
Daniel Miessler
August 6-9, 2015

Podcasts

IoT Conferences

Internet of Things Events

Conference Call for Papers

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Commonly Used Game Hacking Tools

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RELEASE(S) INFO
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what	is this project?
Name: OWASP Internet of Things Project
Purpose: N/A
License: CC-BY 3.0 for documentation and GPLv3 for code.
who	is working on this project?
Project Leader(s): Daniel Miessler Craig Smith
Project Contributor(s): Justin Klein Keane] Yunsoul
how	can you learn more?
Project Pamphlet: Not Yet Created
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 [https://otalliance.org Online Trust Alliance]
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 Addressing the mounting concerns, in January 2015 the Online Trust Alliance, established the [https://otalliance.org/initiatives/internet-things IoT Trustworthy Working Group (ITWG)], a multi-stakeholder initiative.  The group recognizes “security and privacy by design” must be a priority from the onset of product development and be addressed holistically. The framework focuses on privacy, security sustainability. The sustainability pillar is critical as it looks at the life-cycle issues related to long- term supportability and transfers of ownership of devices and the data collected.
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Difference between revisions of "OWASP Game Security Framework Project"

Revision as of 05:49, 21 March 2017

OWASP Game Security Framework (GSF)

Licensing

What is the OWASP Game Security Framework?

Project Leaders

Contributors

Related Projects

Collaboration

Quick Download

News and Events

Classifications

Game Security Attack Surfaces

What is the Attack Surfaces Section?

Project Leaders

Related Projects

Collaboration

Quick Download

News and Events

Game Security Vulnerabilities

What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

Project Leaders

Related Projects

Collaboration

Resources

News and Events

Game Security Vulnerabilities

What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

Project Leaders

Related Projects

Collaboration

Resources

News and Events

Game Security Vulnerabilities

What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

Project Leaders

Related Projects

Collaboration

Resources

News and Events

Common Game Security Defenses

What is the Game Security Vulnerabilities Project?

Project Leaders

Related Projects

Collaboration

Resources

News and Events

Real-world Examples of Gaming Vulnerabilities

Talks

Podcasts

IoT Conferences

Commonly Used Game Hacking Tools

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