Keynote: Think Like a Hacker
summary
Claims specific vulnerabilities and remedial actions: security research finds dating apps let attackers change vote data, bypass payment controls, and geolocate users; root causes include missing rate limiting and flawed assumptions about attacker behavior. Consulting work demonstrates predictable IDs and information leakage that allow offline backup downloads of other studios’ projects. A brute‑force mindset and the simple “what if” experiment even crashes an MMO by stacking portals for ten minutes. Offers a threat‑modeling exercise and concrete fixes, not just anecdotes.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:48What makes a hacker
- 7:24Non-conformity in hacking
- 8:28Challenging security assumptions
- 10:35Flaws in dating apps
- 16:34Unexpected system failures
- 17:40Alternative problem solutions
- 21:33Hacker superpower: asking what if
- 23:19Game crash at 13
- 27:17Hacker mindset beyond security
- 28:00Why ski poles fail
- 32:58New pathways via hacker thinking
- 33:20Book signing & threat modeling
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