Are AAA Games Falling One by One? An In-Depth Look at the Hypervisor Cracking Controversy
Recently, the single-player gaming community was shaken by a bombshell. Denuvo, once considered nearly unbreakable, has suffered a string of breaches within just a few weeks. Reports claim that Like a Dragon 8, Borderlands 4, and the highly anticipated PC version of Stellar Blade were all cracked, and even Black Myth: Wukong was not spared. However, this time the “attacker” is no longer a traditional cracking group. Instead, it is a new technical approach called Hypervisor. While pirates celebrate, security experts have issued their strongest warning yet: this may be a bargain that trades away control of your system at the deepest level. ...