The Game Hacking Village is where DEF CON's gaming security community gathers each year — talks, CTFs, and hands-on sessions covering everything from memory hacking to game modding to multiplayer cheat detection. It's a space built by and for people who love pulling games apart to understand how they really work.

This year, Bishop Fox's Dan Petro joins the Village to talk about a community he's deeply embedded in: competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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"Catching Cheaters in Super Smash Bros Melee"

Speakers: Dan Petro, Principal Security Engineer, Bishop Fox

Abstract: Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube is one of the oldest active fighting game communities, with a storied 25-year history. Would you believe that people try to cheat at it?

Dan is the maintainer of the SLP Enforcer tool and helps with cheating investigations for the Melee community. In this talk, he'll share stories of people trying to cheat and getting caught — and along the way, break down the different ways someone could try to cheat at Melee and how detection tools actually work.