One area of potential cyber attacks we have been overlooking is live streaming. This may be due to the fact that most streamers focus more on the entertainment aspect and do not see any reason for concerns as regards cyber threats. It’s therefore essential to take an in-depth look into these threats and seek out ways to checkmating them. 1. Stream sniping If you play a game on Twitch, then you may have been a victim of this attack one time or the other. Stream-sniping which is the practice of playing a game against a streamer while watching their broadcast to gain an advantage by figuring out their position is nothing new for those who play games on streaming services for large audiences. What most players are advised to do is to set a delay; this option is not really a viable solution for streamers whose livelihood depends on engaging in real-time with their audiences — and often doesn’t even prevent stream-sniping anyway. While some may say they do it for the fun of it, stream-sniping is about one thing and one thing only: winning. The lengths snipers will go to locate their targets is pretty staggering and, in some…
