{"id":15250,"date":"2025-09-19T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T02:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15250"},"modified":"2025-09-16T19:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:30:16","slug":"end-of-kernel-level-anticheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15250","title":{"rendered":"End of kernel-level Anticheat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdeckhq.com\/news\/we-may-see-end-of-kernel-level-anti-cheat\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/steamdeckhq.com\/news\/we-may-see-end-of-kernel-level-anti-cheat\/\">SteamDeck HQ<\/a> noticed <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/windows-it-pro-blog\/windows-resiliency-best-practices-and-the-path-forward\/ba-p\/4201550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a recent blog post<\/a>\u00a0from John Cable, the vice president of program management for Windows servicing and delivery, that hints Microsoft wants to find ways around drivers and tools using kernel-level access. This is partly due to world-wide embarrassment of Cloudstrike and other kernel-level systems that are beginning to proliferate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cable mentions <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/win32\/trusted-execution\/vbs-enclaves\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/win32\/trusted-execution\/vbs-enclaves\">VBS Enclaves<\/a> featuring a way to provide an isolated environment that don&#8217;t require kernel drivers along with Microsoft Azure Attestation&#8217;s security advancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this happens, the mechanisms that caused Cloudstrike and kernel-level anti-cheat software would be immediately rendered inoperable &#8211; something almost all gamers would applaud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s definitely no guarantee Microsoft will do anything &#8211; but stopping the spread of kernel-level direct access would dramatically improve Windows security and stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SteamDeck HQ noticed a recent blog post\u00a0from John Cable, the vice president of program management for Windows servicing and delivery, that hints Microsoft wants to find ways around drivers and tools using kernel-level access. This is partly due to world-wide embarrassment of Cloudstrike and other kernel-level systems that are beginning to proliferate. Cable mentions VBS Enclaves featuring a way to provide an isolated environment that don&#8217;t require kernel drivers along with Microsoft Azure Attestation&#8217;s security advancements. 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