Update (18/03/24, 14:17 PM GMT): The company behind Easy Anti-Cheat Tweeted now: “We have investigated recent reports of potential RCE issues in Easy Anti-Cheat. At this time, we are confident that there is no exploited RCE vulnerability in EAC. We will continue to work closely with our partners to provide any follow-up support needs.”
Okay, you might be good at Apex Legends, but chances are you’re not good enough at peering through solid surfaces. That said, after some incidents in which hackers gave pro players a competitive advantage they didn’t ask for, players are currently concerned that they could be at risk of something similar happening to them.
Yes, the North American finals of the Apex Legends Global Series — a game that’s very good at shooting each other at, well, shooting each other — had to be postponed recently because people got unexpected help. It looks like a vulnerability used in the game’s anti-cheating measures may be the culprit, but it’s best to rest until official confirmation or denial.
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What happened to start all this? Well, Apex pro player Noyan Ozkose, who goes by Genburten, suddenly found himself able to see all the other players in the session, despite the wall between them and him. It seems like he was forced out of the game straight away once he realized what was going on, which is quite a headache.
At the same time, his teammate Phillip Dosen (nickname ImperialHal) suddenly given an aimbot, and chose not to shoot during the event to avoid exiting.So yeah, it’s not surprising considering something like this is happening The game was eventually shelved“Apex Legends Esports” said its “competitive integrity” has been “compromised.”
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What does this mean for us ordinary people? Well, according to the Anti-Cheat Police Department (an organization dedicated to…er…stopping cheating in video games), any game using anti-cheat software like Apex could be at risk of something similar happening. Assume that the organization currently believes that a remote code execution vulnerability is indeed the cause behind the organization’s issues.
“Once they resolve this issue or can comment, I recommend not playing any games protected by EAC or any EA games,” the account advised, adding: “Currently RCE is being abused to inject cheats into streamers’ machines , which means they’ve been able to do anything from install ransomware to lock your entire computer.”
That said, it’s definitely worth following any official advice EA has on this (assuming some has been issued), as the Anti-Cheat Police are a group of volunteers not directly affiliated with Apex and so may not have complete information. Pictures of the scope of the problem.
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As of this writing, EA does not appear to have released any further clarification on these issues, but we will update this article if the situation changes.
While you’re waiting, you might want to understand why this game’s launch might have been a little too successful.