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Windows 10 UWP protection may have been cracked, Zoo Tycoon Ultimate AC had five layers of DRM
A crack group released Microsoft Store game Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection, a title from the Microsoft's store. They mention that there were five layers of security from the Universal Windows Platform.
DSO Gaming reports Codex has distributed the game online with the note that Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection was fitted with MSStore, UWP, EAppX, XBLive and Arxan security. Torrentfreak mentions a quote from cracker Voksi, who claims that the Arxan-drm is comparable to Denuvo and uses virtual machines. EAppX is the name for app encrypted appx packages.
These five layers of DRM were: MSStore, UWP, EAppX, XBLive and Arxan. Whether these layers were used in other UWP games and whether they had any performance impact on them remains a mystery. Right now, pretty much all forms of DRM have been cracked. Microsoft’s UWP was the only one that remained uncrackable but that’s not the case anymore.
It will be interesting to see whether Microsoft will update its UWP protection in order to make it difficult for the hackers/crackers to crack the future games. This is something that Denuvo is currently doing by introducing new versions of its anti-tamper tech as soon as its latest version gets cracked.
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#5520461 Posted on: 02/16/2018 10:30 AM
This is crazy. Soon we gonna need whole discrete DPU (DRM Processing Unit) to handle all of these layers.
This is crazy. Soon we gonna need whole discrete DPU (DRM Processing Unit) to handle all of these layers.
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#5520465 Posted on: 02/16/2018 10:51 AM
Good thing Intel moved to 6 cores mainstream as well. Soon 2 cores will be spent 100% purely to keep the DRM running, while the 4 remaining cores can be used by the game itself. With my 4 cores CPU I'd probably be limited to 1080p 30Hz with occasional stutters after the DRM has taken its obligatory share of resources.
Good thing Intel moved to 6 cores mainstream as well. Soon 2 cores will be spent 100% purely to keep the DRM running, while the 4 remaining cores can be used by the game itself. With my 4 cores CPU I'd probably be limited to 1080p 30Hz with occasional stutters after the DRM has taken its obligatory share of resources.
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#5520467 Posted on: 02/16/2018 11:03 AM
Congrats to the crackers for cracking all these complex DRMs. In recent days these DRM implementations been eating too much CPU resources unnecessarily. Game developers must realize that no matter how complex DRMs are built up on it will be cracked sooner or later. Game developers should think other ways to protect their products from piracy.
Congrats to the crackers for cracking all these complex DRMs. In recent days these DRM implementations been eating too much CPU resources unnecessarily. Game developers must realize that no matter how complex DRMs are built up on it will be cracked sooner or later. Game developers should think other ways to protect their products from piracy.
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#5520475 Posted on: 02/16/2018 11:42 AM
Only 5 layers? n00bs.
i would have put in atleast 9 layers
Just makes me think of a 9 layer cheese cake
Only 5 layers? n00bs.
i would have put in atleast 9 layers
Just makes me think of a 9 layer cheese cake
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Only 5 layers? n00bs.
i would have put in atleast 9 layers