To fight cheaters, Valorant uses a completely new anti-cheat program called Vanguard, which the developer Riot Games developed especially for the shooter. And that is currently heavily criticized by the players. To resolve the concerns, the team is now rewarding bugs and exploit finders with in between 230 to about 92,000 euros.
This is how Riot Games rewards
Valorant divides its rewards into different categories and subcategories, all of which are rewarded to different degrees. The studio determines the exact payment individually for each case. The focus is primarily on errors that the Threaten the security or privacy of Valorant players.
So an exploit qualified for a payout it must work with the latest version of Vanguard. In addition, you must prepare a detailed report and must not report the find to any party other than Riot Games.
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Network attack without user interaction |
Execution of code at the kernel level |
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Unauthorized access to sensitive data |
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Network attack with user interaction (1 click) |
Execution of code at the kernel level |
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Unauthorized access to sensitive data |
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Local attack for privilege escalation |
Execution of code at the kernel level |
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Unauthorized access to sensitive data |
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Vanguard in criticism
Valorant's anti-cheat program is not exactly popular with gamers. The reason is that Vanguard deeply interferes with your system and continues to run, if you don't play the multiplayer shooter at all.
In a Reddit post, the user Shun-Pie, who claims to manage the network and servers of a developer of accounting software, explains why the anti-cheat tool should be removed. Among other things, he considers it problematic that Vanguard has more rights on your PC than your admin account and also scans external hardware.
The team is responding to corresponding concerns in a new blog post, in which they explain the mode of operation and the philosophy behind the anti-cheat tool. They say that security and privacy are a key aspect of Vanguard and detail the architecture of their Toold a little more closely.
