Tag: code-signing

  • Malware authors’ continued use of stolen certificates isn’t all bad news

    A malware campaign has been using code-signing certificates stolen from Taiwanese companies to sign its samples, ESET researcher and regular VB conference speaker Anton Cherepanov writes . Malware signed with stolen certificates isn’t a new phenomenon. Stuxnet famously used stolen certificates, also from Taiwanese companies, and in 2016 Symantec wrote about a malware campaign that…

  • Malware authors’ continued use of stolen certificates isn’t all bad news

    A malware campaign has been using code-signing certificates stolen from Taiwanese companies to sign its samples, ESET researcher and regular VB conference speaker Anton Cherepanov writes . Malware signed with stolen certificates isn’t a new phenomenon. Stuxnet famously used stolen certificates, also from Taiwanese companies, and in 2016 Symantec wrote about a malware campaign that…