Flaw in ASF's Software

Flaw in ASF's SoftwareThe Software Security Group at Reliable Software Technologies, the leading authority and industry visionary on software assurance for security-critical software, announced today the discovery of a major security flaw in ASF's Internet Gambling Software.

By John W | Mar 21, 2004
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The flaw can be used to rip off innocent gamblers´ money. The Software Security Group has discovered a flaw in the implementation of Texas Hold´em Poker distributed by ASF Software Inc.

Regardless of its quasi-legal status, online gambling presents an entire raft of risks. Key questions include: Will your personal information be handled securely? What is the gaming site is hacked? Could you be playing against cheating insiders or players acting in collusion? Are the games implemented correctly and fairly? Is the software secure. Well according to what the Software Security Group stated it isn´t.

The exploitation of the Texas Hold´em game has been demonstrated in labs. The exploit allows a player to calculate the exact deck being used for each hand in real time. That means a player using our exploit knows the cards in every opponent´s hand as well as the cards that will make up the flop. A malicious attacker could without a doubt take innocent player´s money without ever being caught. ASF Software and all other their online casino clients have been notified of this.
 
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