The Developers Of Valorant Are Offering Massive Bounty For Finding Out Anti-Cheat Vulnerabilities
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Riot Games’ Valorant launched as a closed beta earlier this month. The new 5v5 first-person shooter has witnessed an extraordinary success as it rages across the online gaming community. Entitled as the game which will replace CS: GO, it’s safe to say the game has been a revelation across all streaming platforms.
The game implements a mandatory anti-cheat system, Vanguard. The anti-cheat system comprises of a client which runs when Valorant is running and a kernel driver mode that loads at system boot. Vanguard may have unintended outcomes, causing security anxieties of its own.
What Are The Creators Of Valorant Offering?
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Riot is offering big bucks to anyone who discovers and reports security flaws in its anti-cheat system, Vanguard.
The developer posted a new strategy designed to scope out cheaters on the HackerOne platform’s website. Ranging from $25,000 to $100,000, it offers six distinct divisions of rewards for cheat bounty hunters.
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Furthermore, Riot has precisely mentioned various eligibility requirements for each specific reward. The details of each security flaw with the Vanguard kernel driver have to be reported to them and not anywhere else.
They also provided three example scenarios to help understand the Vanguard bounty.
Few pro-tips for scoring the bounty were also included by the developers. You can check Riot Games’ bug bounty in detail here.
What Else Did Riot Say About Vanguard?
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Earlier this week, Riot posted an explanation of what Vanguard is and why people don’t need to worry about it. Now, it has followed up with a new message on its website. Talking about its security approach in general, Riot presented an overview of its anti-cheat system’s philosophy and architecture.
Click here to read Riot’s message about Vanguard.
The point they are trying to make here is two-fold. Firstly, Paul Chamberlain did mention that one cannot build an absolutely cheat free game. Secondly, the kernel-level driver is another concern for the entire gaming community. While questions raised about the invasive nature of this anti-cheat driver might confuse you, it is also necessary to realize its importance.
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Similarly, it is also significant to understand the excessive use of unnecessary components in this system. Just the other day, Oscar Cañellas plugged in his mobile with the USB and got booted for no reason. These things are part of the technical flaws that Riot Games need to realize at the earliest.
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