In its new on-line game Game of Hacks, Checkmarx allows developers to have fun while honing their security skills and understanding of the hacker's perspective. In the game, developers and security professionals test their application hacking skills, improve their code security know-how and facilitate better security practices in hope of reducing the amount of vulnerabilities in their applications. Available for desktop, tablet and mobile, Game of Hacks presents developers with vulnerable pieces of code and challenges them to identify the application layer vulnerability as quickly as possible. It even has a two-player mode allowing head-to-head competition. Players analyze vulnerabilities including SQL injection, XSS, log forgery, path traversal, parameter tampering and others in myriad programming languages. Additionally, developers can add their own questions and vulnerable code to the game in any programming language highlighting any vulnerabilities, growing the game's scope as more users join.
