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Firewall Control notifications - How common is it for malware to be digitally signed?
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<blockquote data-quote="cruelsister" data-source="post: 938040" data-attributes="member: 7463"><p>Sadly it's common enough, and would be more common except it takes more work (expertise) and money to get away with it.This being the case digitally signed malware is normally initially targeted at the Enterprise and not so much home users. </p><p></p><p>Also some security applications go beyond accepting a Dig Sig and actually vet the program so signed, and will alert the user if that program has not met this "higher" standard (example- try installing WiseVector on CF). </p><p></p><p>But if you are really interested, here is a paper from the University of Maryland with a link to a pdf download:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://userlab.utk.edu/publications/kim2017certified" target="_blank">Certified Malware: Measuring Breaches of Trust in the Windows Code-Signing PKI</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cruelsister, post: 938040, member: 7463"] Sadly it's common enough, and would be more common except it takes more work (expertise) and money to get away with it.This being the case digitally signed malware is normally initially targeted at the Enterprise and not so much home users. Also some security applications go beyond accepting a Dig Sig and actually vet the program so signed, and will alert the user if that program has not met this "higher" standard (example- try installing WiseVector on CF). But if you are really interested, here is a paper from the University of Maryland with a link to a pdf download: [URL="https://userlab.utk.edu/publications/kim2017certified"]Certified Malware: Measuring Breaches of Trust in the Windows Code-Signing PKI[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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