Epic Games To Improve Easy Anti-Cheat On Linux With Anti-Cheat Systemd Service eBPF
Curated from Phoronix
This development signals a critical shift in how kernel-level security is handled on modern Linux distributions. By leveraging eBPF for their anti-cheat mechanisms, Epic Games is moving away from the traditional, fragile approach of loading custom kernel modules. For SREs and platform engineers, this matters because eBPF offers a safer, verifiable path for deep system inspection without compromising kernel stability. It reduces the operational risk associated with third-party kernel code, which has historically been a nightmare for incident response and system hardening. As more vendors adopt this pattern, your monitoring and audit logs will need to account for eBPF programs as first-class citizens. Ensure your observability stack can trace and alert on eBPF map accesses and program attachments, as these will increasingly define the boundary between legitimate system behavior and potential security threats.
In addition to Epic Games announced a preview of their new Epic Games Launcher, including Linux support, they also announced plans to improve their Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software on Linux. Along with this improved EAC they are also working on official Linux support for the popular Fortnite game...
— Phoronix