Is a bot at the controls? Detecting input data attacks

Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-6

  Schluessler, Travis ^a   Goglin, Stephen ^a   Johnson, Erik ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheat detection; Cheating; Online games; Security

Indexed keywords

CHEAT DETECTION; CLICK FRAUD; DETECTING ATTACKS; DETECTION METHODS; INPUT DATAS; INPUT DEVICES; MOUSE CLICKS; ON-LINE GAMES; REAL APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; KNOBS; TYPEWRITER KEYBOARDS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 66749189305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1326257.1326258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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