"It's in the Game!"
How Sims 4 Mods Can Distribute Malware

Rebecca Martin

$ whoami

•  Senior Security Engineer @ Everquote
• I like parrots, like a lot
• Usually use Python and Go
• Used to mod Sims 2 (the superior game) back in the day
• Get off my lawn you meddling kids

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History

• Modding has always been popular in the Sims community
• Great support from Maxis, and then EA
• Tools have been provided from even before Sims 1 released for the community to mod as they please
• SimAntics
• Community tools like SimPE...

History

• Point here about the making of ts4script and how EA continued to support the sims community in their modding ventures
• TS4 uses Python for scripting
• Unrestricted - can connect to the internet freely