Online Game Protection

The Best Partner for Online Game Protection

Service For Growth,

AhnLab HackShield for Online Game
Discover first-class protection and management service for online games.
HackShield helps your business succeed in the global market!

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Online Game Threat

The booming of complex threats requires continuous effort and advanced technology to defend and
protect the online game environment.

Advanced
Hacking
Techniques

- Hacking attacks targeting individual games

- Complex, multi-level attacks and new hacking techniques

Comprehensive
Security Measures
Needed

Complex
Environment

- Increase of unpredictable attacks causing system errors

- Targeted attacks on diverse game environment

Timely, Flexible
Countermeasures
Needed

Explosive
Increase of
Hacking

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AhnLab HackShield
for Online Game

AhnLab HackShield for Online Game (HackShield) provides sustainable protection of online games
based on its powerful anti-hacking technology and management service.

Anti-hacking Technology

- Collects customized
hacking-tool samples
- Develops new response
technologies

3-step response
- Distributes signature
engine
- Distributes memory
heuristic engine
- Releases module

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Main Features and
Services

Continuous
Surveilance
Needed

- Explosion of cybercrime for monetary gains

- Increase of international cybercrime syndicates

Prevention

Response

Management Service

Maintenance

- HackShield QA team
- Automated update
- Whitelist-based system
error control
- Dedicated technical
support

Monitoring

- Provides real-time
hacking monitoring
- Provides hacking-tool
report
- Provides AhnLab
monthly security report

HackShield secures your business with its patented technologies and exclusive services.

Anti-hacking

- Prevents and blocks hacking attacks with powerful protection

technologies, both at the server level and at the game client level

Customized
Protection

- Continuous optimization of defense engine against evolving hacking tools

3-step Response

- Blocks bypass attack with the 3-step sequential response system; first,
signature engine suppresses known attacks, followed by memory
heuristic engine which delays spreading of variants. Lastly, final module
release incapacitates the attack fundamentally.

Maintenance

Monitoring

- Ensures stable operation of services with dedicated technical support;

prompt troubleshooting and response
- Minimizes maintenance cost by auto updates and system error control
- Global Support System (GSS): online technical support and communication channel
- Game Security E-Response Center (GSEC), AhnLabs game hacking expert
group, provides timely response and continuous threat management

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Key Benefits

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Key Technologies

HackShield helps you improve the efficiency and profitability of your business.
Find out how to increase profits, cut costs, and boost your business credibility and reputation.

Profit Model

Management Cost

- Prevents piracy and cheating

- Reduces loss of revenue

- Reduces server overload

caused by hacking attack
- Curbs management costs
associated with user claims

its cutting-edge technologies.

Detects speed-hack by comparing time difference between
players operating system and game server

Detecting Memory-hacks

Detects memory modifications by comparing server-side

memory with game client memory

Detecting Auto-mouse-play

Detects and blocks auto-mouse-play

Preventing Message-hooking

Operation Process

- Maximizes user satisfaction

- Protects game integrity

HackShield provides robust protection and response against malicious activities in online games with

Blocking Speed-hacks

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Brand Value

Blocks message-hooking and event-stealing

Detecting File Alteration

Examines file alteration on a regular basis

Anti Reverse-engineering

Prevents reverse-engineering by disabling debugging-attempts

HackShields multi-dimensional countermeasures and expert support provides an integrated security

solution that safeguards the online game environment from rapidly changing and evolving threats.

Game Player

Game Publisher

HackShield SDK
for Server

HackShield SDK
Game Client

AhnLab
Reporting
Attack

HackShield
Monitoring
Server

HackShield
Technical Support
ASEC*

Hacking-tool
Report
Trend Report

Game Client
Game Client

Hacking
Prevention
And
Response

Game Server
Real-time
Threat Monitoring

Game Client

HackShield
Update Server

HackShield Infrastructure

Emergency
response

GSEC*
Engineering
& QA

HackShield Service
*ASEC Malicious Code Analysis Expert Group

*GSEC Game Hacking Analysis Expert Group

HackShield, Your Business Partner for Global Success

Global Service and Support

HackShield provides services for 200 games for about 100 game publishers in 20 countries around the world. You may find qualified
protection and service support in wherever your business operates.
EU
Italy

Russia
Uzbekistan
Turkey

UAE

China

North America
Korea

Japan
HongKong Taiwan

USA

Thailand
Philippines
Vietnam
Malaysia Singapore
Indonesia

South America
Brazil

Our Clients

6th Fl., CCMM Bldg., 12 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-869, Korea

Website : http://www.ahnlab.com | http://hackshield.ahnlab.com
E-mail : hackshield@ahnlab.com
Tel : +82-2-2186-6000 | Fax : +82-2-2186-6100

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