Computerworld

What’s past is prologue: When code-signing in Windows 11 goes bad

Eighteen years ago, a code-signing issue with Small Business Server 2003 caused problems for early installations. Last week, a similar problem cropped up in Windows 11. Once upon a time in technology, ...
Windows Report

Windows “Cerdigent” Threat Warnings Spread, But Many May Be False Positives

Microsoft Defender “Cerdigent” alerts may stem from DigiCert certificate abuse, not active malware infections.
Threat Post

NVIDIA’s Stolen Code-Signing Certs Used to Sign Malware

NVIDIA certificates are being used to sign malware, enabling malicious programs to pose as legitimate and slide past security safeguards on Windows machines. Two of NVIDIA’s code-signing certificates ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers exploit Windows policy to load malicious kernel drivers

Microsoft blocked code signing certificates predominantly used by Chinese hackers and developers to sign and load malicious kernel mode drivers on breached systems by exploiting a Windows policy ...
Ars Technica

In blunder threatening Windows users, D-Link publishes code-signing key

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29776313#p29776313:2vcsi9o2 said: smartbucket[/url]":2vcsi9o2] He said the key is accepted by Microsoft Windows code ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft digital certificates have once again been abused to sign malware

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 ...
Hosted on MSN

Windows 11's driver signature requirement is one of the best anti-consumer security features out there

Windows 11, the most-used consumer desktop operating system in the world, undoubtedly has its problems. Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, ...