Denuvo 4.8 falls victim to crackers after nearly three months

It took a bit of time, but crackers finally managed to break the latest version of the Denuvo anti-tamper technology. Up until a couple of months ago, Denuvo got cracked in record time but version 4.8 kept lots of AAA-titles safe for nearly three months. That changed last week though, as crackers managed to crack Sonic Forces, which uses Steam and Denuvo 4.8. Basically, it remains an eternal cat and mouse game.

Denuvo was able to protect the aforementioned titles for almost three months. That was a huge success and while its latest version has been cracked, there is only a crack for Sonic Forces. However, do note that this is a bypass crack. In other words, Denuvo is still running in the background, meaning that you should not see any performance gains in titles like Assassin’s Creed: Origins. Furthermore, Assassin’s Creed: Origins uses VMProtect on top of Denuvo 4.8, so it will be interesting to see whether this combo will make things harder for crackers (now that the latest version of the Denuvo has been cracked).

Via: DSO Gaming