EA claims that kernel-level protection is “extremely critical” for competitive games like FIFA 23, since current exploits work in the kernel region, making it impossible for games running in standard user mode to detect tampering or cheating. “Unfortunately, the past few years have seen a significant rise in cheats and cheat tactics working in kernel-mode, thus the only viable way to identify and block them is for our anti-cheat to also function in kernel-mode,” Murphy continues.
