HOW KERNEL ANTI-CHEATS WORK: A DEEP DIVE INTO MODERN GAME PROTECTION

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Modern kernel anti-cheat systems, like BattlEye and Vanguard, operate at the highest privilege level in Windows, necessitated by the failure of user-mode protections against advanced kernel-level cheats. They have a three-component architecture, using kernel callbacks for real-time system monitoring, memory scanning, and advanced anti-injection and hook detection methods.