"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