Topic: secure boot
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Battlefield 6 Dev Apologizes for Secure Boot Anti-Cheat Requirement
The Battlefield 6 open beta required Secure Boot activation, causing debate and technical issues among PC gamers over kernel-level access for anti-cheat. EA's technical director defended the policy as necessary for fair play, acknowledging player frustrations but emphasizing its effectiveness aga...
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Battlefield Dev on Secure Boot Requirement: Anti-Cheat Battle "Never Ends"
The Battlefield 6 open beta required Secure Boot and kernel-level access for its Javalin anti-cheat system, which blocked some PC players due to hardware limitations. EA prioritized anti-cheat with significant investment, including two dedicated teams for development and enforcement, aiming to ma...
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ArcaneDoor Hackers Renew Cisco Attacks with Stealthy Campaign
A sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign by the ArcaneDoor threat actor has compromised older Cisco ASA firewalls using zero-day vulnerabilities to implant malware and steal data. The attackers used advanced evasion techniques and modified the ROM Monitor to ensure persistence, but only older mod...
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit Cisco Firewall Zero-Days
Cisco has released emergency patches for two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362) in its ASA and FTD firewall software, linked to the ArcaneDoor espionage campaign. The vulnerabilities allowed attackers, suspected to be a China-based group, to execute co...
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