In the endless race between game developers and reverse-engineers, obfuscation has been extensively utilized by both parties. It’s wielded by game developers, protecting their games from being atta...

As discussed in my previous blog post, PBO Hiding in DayZ, the PBO file format is used to store and organize game assets, such as textures, models, and scripts. It is designed to be lightweight an...

During the height of Arma 3, the game-hacking black market was dominated by a form of cheat known as a “PBO hider.” A PBO hider allowed users to load SQF scripts without an ounce of coding experien...