Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected — 2K Games and Denuvo reportedly retaliate with mandatory 14-day online checks
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/denuvo-has-been-bypassed-in-all-single-player-games-it-previously-protected-2k-games-and-denuvo-reportedly-retaliate-with-mandatory-14-day-online-checksOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca168
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Ye fuck your legitimate customers even more why don't you
to be fair if you're a legit customer of 2K in the year of our lord 2026 you kinda deserve everything coming your way
So, punish paying customers because your DRM got broken? Got it!
Bold of you to assume anyone would update to those versions
It has in fact not been cracked in all single player games it previously protected. The hypervisor bypass method is, crucially, not a crack.
It also requires me to do things to my system that I'm not comfortable doing, so it's not an option for me.
Can you explain this to me like I'm 12? Asking for a 12-yo friend.
The hypervisor bypass requires you to give a third-party program the highest level of security access your operating system has. The kind of access you have to reboot your system to grant because it can't be done while the OS's security system is currently running. It is extremely inadvisable to do this ever, for any reason, unless you are an educated expert or the system is disposable.
You should read the article.
Version 3 of the bypass only requires you disable core isolation.
Still increasing your attack surface, but dramatically less than the earlier method that you're referencing.
Anything that involves monkeying with HVCI is above my paygrade. I can't afford to repair or replace anything right now.
Not just Core Isolation (aka Memory Protection), Driver Signature Enforcement as well.
Remember how gamers just DO this for Vanguard
I used to roll my eyes at the classic parental "if your friends jumped off a bridge would you jump too?" and how obviously stupid the idea was.
Used to.
That only works on kids who've yet to experience their first bridge jump, frankly. As soon as I found out how to do it properly, that adage was as hollow & out-of-touch as "finish your plate", "boys'll be boys", "do as I say", et al.
I went cliff jumping in my youth as well lol. But honestly being a smart ass I still always defsulted to "Well theyre probably jumping for good reason, so yes?"
The team that has been doing these Hypervisor cracks allegedly already said they have a solution for this.
It certainly helps that none of these "protections" are for the end-user, just the shareholders, but the whole thing requires those same consumers to blithely just go along with this fucknugget concept of a "service" and that façade is slipping... 🤞🏼
Not cracked, bypassed . That's an important distinction.
The hypervisor bypass only works if you're on Windows, and it opens up a huge security hole when you use it.
I don’t use windows, so these don’t help me, but I’d just air gap the system and wipe it before connecting to a network.
and reflash the BIOS, for the motherboard and all peripherals
Does it really have the ability to do this? I’ve not seen this claimed or reported on before.
Locks deny* the honest.
Until the locks aren't provided by the honest.