Whack a mole

European decisions about the “Whack-a-mole” game

A Multiplayer Whack-A-Mole Game Using Gestural Input in a Location-Sensitive and Immersive Environment

By utilizing recent information and communication technologies, many researchers have been investigating entertainment computing applications. In this paper, we propose an immersive entertainment environment combined with gestural input and location recognition technologies. Inertial sensors are used for recognizing players’ gestures, and optical markers are used for recognizing players’ locati...

Whack-a-mole: Asymmetric Conflict and Guerrilla Warfare in Web Security

Many malicious and fraudulent endeavors on the web exhibit characteristics of asymmetric conflict and guerrilla warfare. Defenders work continuously to detect and take down malicious websites, while attackers respond by resisting takedowns, evading detection, or creating large numbers of new sites. This is reminiscent of the arcade game of whack-a-mole – the faster the moles pop in and out of t...

Bacterial Whack-a-Mole: Reconsidering the Public Health Relevance of Using Carbadox in Food Animals

Carbadox is an antibiotic used to control dysentery and promote growth in swine in the United States; however, the drug also causes tumors and birth defects in laboratory animals. Despite this and because the drug has no analogs in human medicine, it is not considered "medically important" and can be used in livestock without veterinarian oversight. In their recent study, T. A. Johnson et al. (...

Whack-A-Mole Security: Incentivising the Production, Delivery and Installation of Security Updates (invited paper)

Writing vulnerability-free code is currently impossible. The best we can hope for is whacka-mole security. In other words, fixing bugs and updating Internet-enabled devices before remote exploitation occurs. Unfortunately, security updates do not always happen in a timely fashion, or at all. The root cause of this problem is the lack of incentives, something which we must fix.