Riot Games' Anti-Cheat Masterclass: How Valorant Fights Cheaters

Riot Games' anti-cheat team utilizes its kernel-level anti-cheat system, Vanguard, to ban thousands of Valorant cheaters daily. Vanguard employs various strategies, including leveraging Windows security features, hardware fingerprinting, and infiltrating cheat communities. They even publicly shame cheat developers and strategically allow some cheating to slow down the evolution of cheat technology. While advanced cheats like DMA attacks and screen reader cheats persist, Riot's team continually adapts its techniques and prioritizes transparency to address the increasingly sophisticated cheating landscape, with AI-assisted cheating posing a new challenge.