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Windows kernel defenses aren't enough to stop a lucrative game cheating market, research shows (techxplore.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Hackers commonly bypass Microsoft Windows kernel protections to enable cheating in competitive online games, new research shows. Academics at the University of Birmingham performed a technical analysis of how game cheats and anti-cheat systems work and carried out a market investigation, analyzing 80 cheat-selling sites in Europe and North America over three months.

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[–] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Anti cheats have no business in the kernel.