PUBG anti-cheat PoC goes public after researcher says Krafton dismissed risk
ころころゴロリ says Zakynthos flaws could expose protected processes and physical memory; a linked GitHub repository contains C proof-of-concept code.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
Anti-cheat software with deep system access can itself become a security boundary. The public PoC raises that risk for PUBG players, while the reported KRAFTON response leaves the severity dispute resting on claims from the researcher and the company.
On September 26th, security researcher ころころゴロリ (@k0mkc) published a proof of concept targeting Zakynthos, KRAFTON's anti-cheat software for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. The researcher says the flaws could allow access to protected processes and physical memory, and says KRAFTON had told them it found no significant security impact.…