How do we ensure that the code we’re installing is, at the very least, the code that a vendor shipped? The generally accepted solution is code signing, adding a digital signature to binaries that can ...

Cybercriminals paid between $5,000 and $9,000 to make their malware harder to detect on Windows, highlighting its effectiveness and a shift in how the cybercrime market operates. Microsoft has ...

Microsoft has cracked down on Fox Tempest, a cyber threat actor that fueled Rhysida ransomware attacks and developed tools for major malware strains like Oyster, Lumma Stealer, and Vidar. On May 19, ...

Microsoft has once again been caught allowing its legitimate digital certificates to sign malware in the wild, a lapse that allows the malicious files to pass strict security checks designed to ...

Whether you create your own code-signing certificate, or use a certificate from a certificate authority, it’s easy to give your Windows binaries the seal of approval. If you compile programs on ...

In July, security researchers revealed a sobering discovery: hundreds of pieces of malware used by multiple hacker groups to infect Windows devices had been digitally signed and validated as safe by ...

Microsoft disrupted Fox Tempest's malware-signing service used to legitimize ransomware attacks. Fraudulent code-signing certificates helped malware bypass trust signals and security checks.

Security firms have reported that multiple hacking groups have been using drivers signed by Microsoft in a series of attacks, including the deployment of Cuba ransomware. That development matters ...

In an effort to learn how to sign PowerShell scripts and configuration files, you have searched the Internet, read several blogs about code signing, reviewed the PowerShell documentation, and even ...

The pair of Outlook vulnerabilities we’ve been tracking have finally been patched, along with another handful of fixes this Patch Tuesday, a total of six being 0-day exploits. The third vulnerability ...

Microsoft says it has disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that abused the company's Artifact Signing service to generate fraudulent code-signing certificates used by ransomware ...

The FBI warns about Kali365, a phishing scam targeting Microsoft 365 accounts that can bypass multifactor authentication ...