I watched the video and the security flaw has to do with local interception of data, meaning someone nearby with a rare amount of knowledge could possibly intercept data sent to your computer though your wireless connection or somehow wired into your wired connection.
The demonstration shows the holecards data sent to your computer, but how could someone near enough to you use those against you? I couldn't imagine anyone being less than a mile away, wired or wireless, getting your holecards and playing against you (or relaying them to someone else via phone voice or IM). That would be a ton of effort and planning to attack just one specific player. Some crook on the other side of the world couldn't do this from his computer.
BUT... If your password can be stolen in this manner, then I could see this being somewhat of an issue. But it would have to be what amounts to an "inside job". The thief would have to 1) know about online poker, 2) know you play online poker, 3) know you play on Cereus, AND 4) be waiting close enough to your network for you to log on or have some sort of unmanned device set up to record your log on info. All quite far-fetched imo.
Whatever the degree of worry on this, the fact is that this hole has JUST NOW been discovered. How many other security holes in the Cereus network haven't been discovered yet? Not looking good for the Absolute Poker/Ultimatebet folks right now imo.
Opinions?
Are you kidding me? Please, tell me you're kidding me!
This is such a juicy thing the kind that could set you up for life in a short time that people would jump through 1000 hoops to get it.
As for "rare knowledge" I wouldn't know how but I think any network professional can use a packet sniffer successfully lol. Yes you can steal login info as well since it's hardly encrypted.
I don't think it would be that hard to find people that use absolute, from the PC I can see scanning for open cereus ports, whichever they are. This should work only on PC's with their own IP and not behind a router, I don't know I guess it depends on the router's firewall, but you might get some IP's if you search the area/country with most cereus users.
Easier still, take a look at who cereus big winners are, there's usually info on them such as names etc. from PTR or forums/whatever, then just find their addresses.
I wonder what the techies working @ Cereus all have as side jobs? Anyone care to guess?
Their reply to PTR was so sickening too, and you know the worst part of it, they won't be too affected - alot of people still play there even after the previously proven cheating. People just won't get info on this, and alot that will know will still play there, I bet.
Someone please hack cereus to get the e-mails of their users, send everyone such an e-mail lol