Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters in Dota 2

Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by worthless-trash on Saturday February 25, 2023 @01:18AM (#34934361)

Remote attestation doesn't work if i have permission to modify memory. My kernel module wont even show as loaded...

If you can modify sytem memory its trivial to bypass any checks the anticheat has. To the point where you simply modify the anti cheat in memory to say 'sure i've done all those checks'.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by charcircuit on Saturday February 25, 2023 @09:02PM (#34942340)

Which is why you need secure boot to prove that there is no way to modify system memory.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by worthless-trash on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:24AM (#34953318)

I can have secure boot of virtualized hosts, and still modify system memory from either a kernel exploit or virtualised systems host. Cheaters absolutely would install crappy signed kernel modules to achieve this.

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