Your new Ricochet Anti-Cheat system will be integrated at the Kernel level

It seems that Activision is finally going to take seriously protecting his players from the ‘chetos’, and is that the Call of Duty: Warzone will debut a new ‘anti-cheat’ system that will also be implemented in Call of Duty: Vanguard. Under the name of Ricochet we are facing an anti-cheat system that will be implemented at the kernel level on the PC, which will use machine learning algorithms to examine the behavior of the players and a “team of dedicated professionals“to investigate the chetos.

The kernel-level driver for PC has been developed in-house for the Call of Duty franchise, and will be released first for Call of Duty: Warzone with the upcoming Pacific update, so it’s no wonder its post-release there are any reports linked to privacy issues which implies giving access to the kernel.

According to Activision, the Ricochet anti-cheat system from Call of Duty will not always be activated. This means that the kernel-level driver only works when Call of Duty: Warzone is opened, and the driver will shut down when closed. The controller itself will control the processes that interact with Warzone to see if they try to inject code or manipulate the game, and report the results.

Activision claims that it has tested the controller on a wide range of PCs, and that it will be Mandatory requirement to play Call of Duty: Warzone when the Pacific Maps update launches later this year. The kernel-level driver is finally coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard “at a later date“, hoping that it is also mandatory that it is running alongside the game.

“Cheating in Call of Duty is frustrating for gamers, developers, and the entire community.

Our teams have made great progress in tackling this persistent problem that affects so many, but we know that more needs to be done.

We are proud to introduce Ricochet Anti-Cheat, a robust anti-cheat system supported by a team of professionals dedicated to fighting unfair gambling.

The Ricochet Anti-Cheat Initiative is a multi-faceted approach to combatting cheats, including new server-side tools that monitor scans to identify cheats, improved investigation processes to crack down on cheats, updates to strengthen account security , and much more. Ricochet Anti-Cheat’s anti-cheat security features will be released alongside Call of Duty: Vanguard, and later this year with the Pacific update coming to Call of Duty: Warzone.

In addition to server enhancements to be incorporated with Ricochet Anti-Cheat, a new kernel-level driver for PC will be released, developed in-house for the Call of Duty franchise, and will be released for the first time for Call of Duty: Warzone. . This driver will help identify cheats, reinforcing and strengthening the overall security of the server. The kernel-level driver will be released alongside the Pacific update for Warzone later this year.

Although the kernel driver, which is only a part of Ricochet Anti-Cheat, will be released for PC, by extension, console gamers who cross-play against PC players will also benefit. The kernel-level driver will be released later for Call of Duty: Vanguard. “

This is RICOCHET Anti-Cheat – a new anti-cheat system arriving on Day 1 of #Warzone’s Pacific Update later this year.

Stay tuned for more updates from #TeamRICOCHET in the following weeks. Learn more about our full anti-cheat plan: https://t.co/FvKpaS46DW pic.twitter.com/BHErfDSZ29

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) October 13, 2021