The next season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone will have some new ways to detect and remove cheaters, according to an update from the RICOCHET Anti-Cheat development team. The upcoming changes to RICOCHET Anti-Cheat will go into effect in both Black Ops 7 and Warzone in the coming days.
In short, the RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system is Call of Duty's proprietary method of catching and punishing cheaters throughout various game modes. RICOCHET uses both client-side detection tools and server-side technology to analyze gameplay data and see if any irregularities show up. RICOCHET is utilized on consoles and PCs alike. However, on Windows PCs in particular, RICOCHET Anti-Cheat uses a kernel-level driver to allow for real-time cheat detection. As of late 2025, RICOCHET requires Windows users to have both TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot enabled on their devices.
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With time winding down on Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 1, Activision released new countermeasures to combat cheating in Season 2. Activision stated in a February 2 blog post that RICOCHET Anti-Cheat would...
