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bitdefender.com | Security researchers have demonstrated how they were able to exploit a flaw which allowed them to hack the card-shuffling devices used in casinos and poker rooms. The “Official Shuffler of the World Series of Poker”, the DeckMate 2, came under the scrutiny of researchers from IOActive who wanted to find out if it contained vulnerabilities which could help somebody cheat in a game of cards. To understand why the DeckMate 2 became the focus of attention, one has to know a little background on a recent controversy which…

bonus.com | No electronic system is ever completely impervious to attack, and security research firm IOActive has demonstrated that card shufflers commonly used in retail casinos and poker rooms are no exception. Inspired by the investigation into the Robbi Jade Lew cheating allegations, consultants Joseph Tartaro, Enrique Nissim, and Ethan Shackelfordattempted to compromise a Deckmate card-shuffling system. He presented his findings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, where Wired picked up the story.

futurism.com | “BASICALLY, IT ALLOWS US TO DO MORE OR LESS WHATEVER WE WANT.” Shifty Shufflers The house doesn’t always win. Researchers at the security firm IOActive say they’ve discovered that a card shuffling machine called the Deckmate, widely used by casinos and long thought to be impervious, is actually vulnerable to hacking, Wired reports — an exploit that could give a skilled cheater omniscient knowledge of every player’s cards.

tomshardware.com | Gambling is big business, and a casino’s revenue will make the highest of high-stakes bets on the floor look like peanuts. Therefore, casinos implement rigorous procedures and processes, to make sure there is no cheating by customers. However, compared with computers, some security researchers reckon gambling regulations and security technologies are “a bit out of date.” and this leads to interested parties fabricating its own proof of concept tools, using the Raspberry Pi Zero.

fagenwasanni.com | Last year, a scandal erupted in the world of high-stakes, livestreamed poker when a relative novice successfully called the bluff of a veteran player using a poor hand. Accusations of cheating circulated, with poker players arguing that the novice must have had some extra knowledge of her opponent’s hand. An investigation by Hustler Live Casino found no evidence of foul play, but security researcher Joseph Tartaro of IOActive was intrigued by the claim that the automated card-shuffling machine used in the game, known as the Deckmate, was unhackable….