Software that automatically aims at targets, locks onto enemies, or fires weapons.
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Software that automatically aims at targets, locks onto enemies, or fires weapons.
Layer 7 (Application)
Software that automatically aims at targets, locks onto enemies, or fires weapons.
Peer-reviewed and academic literature connected to this cheat, with DOI or URL references attached where available.
Arianna Boldi, Amon Rapp
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2024, Vol. 40, No. 15, 4021-4041
Target: Third-party software cheats (wallhacks, aimbots, aimlock), game glitch exploitation, technological advantages (VPNs, expensive hardware)
Aim: Boldi, A., & Rapp, A. (2024). "Is It Legit, To You?". An Exploration of Players' Perceptions of Cheating in a Multiplayer Video Game: Making Sense of Uncertainty. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 40(15), 4021-4041.
Recommendation: (Boldi & Rapp, 2024)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Jamie Hwang
Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 116, No. 5, 2022
Target: E-doping (software hacks, cheats, digital doping, mechanical doping)
Aim: Hwang, J. (2022). Cheating in E-Sports: A proposal to regulate the growing problem of e-doping. Northwestern University Law Review, 116(5), 1283-1318.
Recommendation: (Hwang, 2022)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Anssi Kanervisto and Tomi Kinnunen and Ville Hautamäki
IEEE Transactions on Games Vol. 15 No. 4 December 2023
Target: Machine learning-based aimbots using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), human-like cheating behavior generation
Aim: Kanervisto, A., Kinnunen, T., & Hautamäki, V. (2023). GAN-Aimbots: Using machine learning for cheating in first person shooters. IEEE Transactions on Games, 15(4), 566-579.
Recommendation: (Kanervisto et al., 2023)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Anton Maario, Vinod Kumar Shukla, A. Ambikapathy, Purushottam Sharma
IEEE SPIN Conference 2021
Target: Multiple cheat types: aimbot, triggerbot, wallhack, ESP, mobility hacks, hardware cheats
Aim: Maario, A., Shukla, V. K., Ambikapathy, A., & Sharma, P. (2021). Redefining the risks of kernel-level anti-cheat in online gaming. In 2021 8th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN) (pp. 676-680).
Recommendation: (Maario et al., 2021)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Alexandre Philbert
American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2018
Target: Signature-based cheats, metamorphic/polymorphic cheats, malicious executables, aimbot, wall hack, no recoil, radar hack
Aim: Philbert, A. (2018). Detecting cheating in computer games using data mining methods. American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, 6(3), 26.
Recommendation: (Philbert, 2018)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
José Pedro Pinto, André Pimenta, Paulo Novais
Machine Learning Journal, Vol. 110, pp. 3037-3057, 2021
Target: Triggerbot and aimbot cheats, human-computer interaction data manipulation, keystroke and mouse movement analysis
Aim: Pinto, J. P., Pimenta, A., & Novais, P. (2021). Deep learning and multivariate time series for cheat detection in video games. Machine Learning, 110(11), 3037-3057.
Recommendation: (Pinto et al., 2021)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
Su-Yang Yu, Nils Hammerla, Jeff Yan, Peter Andras
2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
Target: Aiming robot (aimbot) - automatic target acquisition and retention tools
Aim: Yu, S. Y., Hammerla, N., Yan, J., & Andras, P. (2012). A statistical aimbot detection method for online FPS games. In 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
Recommendation: (Yu et al., 2012)
No external DOI or URL link is attached yet.
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