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Security researcher details vulnerabilities in Epic's EAC2 v2 Linux anticheat

Matthew Garrett publishes technical analysis of EAC2 v2 vulnerabilities

1 Oct 15 4:51 PM · 2d ago · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 1 of 3

Security researcher Matthew Garrett posted a detailed blog post explaining how Epic's new Easy Anti-Cheat v2 for Linux uses eBPF monitoring, secure boot, measured boot, and TPM remote attestation to prevent cheating, then systematically describes multiple ways each layer could be bypassed.

“I'm not especially impressed by Epic's EACv2 approach”

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