2025-01-21 Hacker News Top Articles and Its Summaries
1. Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat Total comment counts : 21 Summary The article details a reverse engineer’s analysis of the anti-cheat system in “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,” referred to as TAC (Treyarch Anti-Cheat). Here are the key points: Anti-Cheat Overview: Unlike newer Call of Duty titles, Black Ops Cold War uses a user-mode anti-cheat system (TAC) without kernel-mode components. TAC is integrated directly into the game’s executable and does not utilize kernel drivers....