Gaming Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone will receive kernel-level anti-cheat tech this year It has been dubbed 'RICOCHET' By Cohen Coberly, October 13, 2021, 3:31 PM 12 comments
Gaming Security Valorant's anti-cheat system requires TPM 2.0 and secure boot on Windows 11 A new step for anti-cheat? By Daniel Sims, September 7, 2021, 1:18 PM 22 comments
Software Gaming New machine learning-based cheating may threaten competitive play Your console isn't a safe place for legit gaming anymore By Joao Silva, July 8, 2021, 11:36 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Police and Tencent collaborate to seize "world's biggest" video game cheating operation Behind every great fortune lies a great crime By Joao Silva, March 31, 2021, 11:19 AM 47 comments
Tech Culture Virtual cycling championship bans two riders for cheating A new form of competing, a new form of cheating By Rob Thubron, February 5, 2021, 5:16 AM 12 comments
Gaming Cheat-maker sorry for CoD players' "pain" after Activision legal threat We're very sorry we got caught By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2020, 9:16 AM 11 comments
Gaming Security Doom Eternal gets review-bombed following kernel mode anti-cheat update (Updated) Potentially opening a portal for hell's armies in Ring 0 By Humza Aamir, May 18, 2020, 9:49 AM 12 comments
Gaming Billy Mitchell's libel case over Donkey Kong cheating scandal set for July Claims Twin Galaxies implicitly called him a 'cheater' By Cal Jeffrey, May 5, 2020, 7:17 AM
Gaming Security Users can now turn off Valorant's anti-cheat software However, it puts the computer in an 'untrusted state' and the game will not run until OS is rebooted By Cal Jeffrey, April 28, 2020, 12:28 PM 15 comments
Gaming Security Valorant's anti-cheat software loads kernel-based driver on system boot Riot Games says it's the only way to detect cheat software that uses Ring 0 By Cal Jeffrey, April 15, 2020, 2:42 PM 44 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Valve is reportedly slapping misbehaving DOTA 2 players with 19-year bans Will DOTA 2 still be around in two decades? By Cohen Coberly, September 20, 2019, 6:33 AM
Mobile Apple Apple adjusts App Store search algorithm after report found its apps ranked first for hundreds of search terms The company says it's not corrected but "improved" By Adrian Potoroaca, September 10, 2019, 7:27 AM
Tech Culture Mobile Top chess grandmaster admits he cheated in tournament by using smartphone He was already under suspicion By Rob Thubron, July 15, 2019, 9:13 AM 11 comments
Gaming Ubisoft bans user-created XP-farming quests in Assassin's Creed Odyssey It's a single-player game -- who cares if someone wants to max out their character in a few minutes? By Cal Jeffrey, July 12, 2019, 4:03 PM 11 comments
Gaming Respawn has banned 770,000 Apex Legends cheaters since launch Cheaters gonna cheat By Cal Jeffrey, May 3, 2019, 1:46 PM 11 comments
Gaming Irdeto sets its sights on multiplayer hacking with 'Denuvo Anti-Cheat' Time will tell how effective it will be By Cohen Coberly, March 22, 2019, 2:34 PM
Gaming GTA Online's 'Elusive' cheat distributor has been hit with a $150,000 fine Plus $70,000 in legal fees By Cohen Coberly, February 7, 2019, 12:52 PM 8 comments
Gaming Bethesda bans Fallout 76 players in possession of dev room items Bans are temporary for now; developers are asking players to contact them before being reinstated By Cal Jeffrey, January 17, 2019, 2:25 PM 8 comments
Gaming Want to appeal your Fallout 76 ban? You'll have to write an essay, says Bethesda A new type of punishment for suspected cheaters: homework By Rob Thubron, December 27, 2018, 5:25 AM 7 comments
Gaming Take-Two goes after another GTA Online modder, seeks $150k in damages Creating cheat mods just isn't worth it By Rob Thubron, December 10, 2018, 10:27 AM
Gaming Fallout 76 players built a tool to help decrypt nuke launch codes The game has only been out for a matter of days and people are already cheating By Cal Jeffrey, November 16, 2018, 5:41 PM 7 comments
Gaming GTA V exploit let hackers affect single-player games It's since been patched By Rob Thubron, October 23, 2018, 7:43 AM
Gaming Makers of GTA V cheat software have homes searched An Australian court granted the search and seize order By Rob Thubron, October 18, 2018, 5:27 AM
Gaming Popular YouTube stars sued by Epic Games for selling Fortnite cheats Golden Modz has over 1.7 million subscribers By Rob Thubron, October 17, 2018, 5:24 AM
Software Gaming Black Ops 4 emotes let players peak around corners, but a fix is on its way Just when we thought this had been a smooth Call of Duty launch By Isaiah Mayersen, October 14, 2018, 9:59 AM