Deobfuscation and Analysis of Ring-1.io
back.engineering36 points by raggi 4 days ago
36 points by raggi 4 days ago
Always a treat to see these people’s articles. Game hacking is wild - though in this case, wouldn’t enforcement of Secure Boot do the trick?
From the conclusion
> Importantly, this work also highlights the defensive implications of such techniques. While Secure Boot and firmware integrity mechanisms would prevent this attack chain when correctly enforced, the explicit requirement for users to disable Secure Boot demonstrates how social and usability tradeoffs continue to undermine otherwise effective platform defenses.
didn't expect an analysis of a cheat from them, interesting technical bits though.
Video game companies should lobby for a DMCA–style law against cheating.
How in the world can any sane person see how DMCA got off rails and suggest another one for any kind of purpose ???