Overview
WinZO, one of India’s most downloaded real-money skill-based gaming platforms, attracts millions of users daily with fast-paced, competitive gameplay. However, the platform’s popularity also drew increasing threats from cheaters, hackers, and fraudsters. To protect fair play, user trust, and revenue, WinZO partnered with DoveRunner to secure its mobile ecosystem against advanced attacks.
Challenges
Application Modding – Hackers altering APKs for unfair advantages
In-App Cheating – Exploiting app logic for unauthorized rewards
Rooted Device Exploits – Players bypassing protections on compromised devices
Security Config Manipulation – Manual tampering with client-side parameters
Emulator/VM Exploits – Evading device restrictions to cheat the system
Account Takeovers – Fraudulent access to player accounts and game assets
Bot Attacks – Automated scripts disrupting skill-based fairness
These challenges risked revenue loss, degraded player experiences, higher operational burden, and declining user trust.
Solutions
Root & Emulator Detection – Blocking unsafe and manipulated environments
Anti-Debugging & Dynamic Analysis Prevention – Thwarting reverse engineering attempts
Anti-Cheat & Malware Instrumentation – Preventing real-time exploitation
Application Cloning & File Encryption – Protecting intellectual property and assets
Threat Analytics Dashboard – Real-time monitoring of attacks and player risk
Seamless SDK Integration – Wrapper-based deployment across core builds in under 2 weeks, with zero app disruption
Benefits
Strong, real-time defense against cheating, modding, and fraud
No impact on app performance, size, or user experience
Reduced engineering overhead with ready-to-deploy SDKs
Improved fairness and trust across WinZO’s gaming ecosystem
Results
27M+ total attacks blocked (12 months)
21M+ cheat tools detected
1M+ APK mod attempts prevented
800+ engineering hours saved annually
Conclusion
With DoveRunner, WinZO successfully fortified its defenses against sophisticated gaming threats, safeguarded its rapidly expanding user base, and freed engineering teams to focus on game innovation rather than incident response. This collaboration set a new standard for fair and secure mobile gaming in India’s booming digital ecosystem.
