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Signed Malware Used Valid Realtek Certificate

Security researchers have confirmed that the newly discovered malware, which spreads by exploiting an unpatched Windows vulnerability, was signed using a valid Realtek Semiconductor signature. The targeted SCADA system appears to be using a hard-coded username and password for accesing the database.Yesterday, most se...

16 July 2010
11:05 GMT

X64 Windows Vista Code Signing

With its 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced mandatory digital signatures for kernel modules. Essentially, the Redmond company aimed at delivering superior security and stability of the operating system via a mechanism designed to closely manage the code deployed in the core of the 64-bit editions ...

3 September 2007
05:44 GMT

Open Source to Kill 64-bit Windows Vista

Open source is both the simplest path to take to the 64-bit Windows Vista core and also the fastest way to kill the operating system. Microsoft introduced mandatory driver signing in its 64-bit edition of its latest operating system and applauded the security mitigation as a barrier against unsigned kernel-mode softw...

16 August 2007
07:07 GMT

Disable Driver Signing in x64 Windows Vista

With Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced a new kernel security component for the 64-bit editions of the operating system. Windows mandatory Kernel Mode and Driver Signing implies that all modules or drivers designed to run at kernel level have to feature digital signatures. Microsoft's initiative is designed...

30 April 2007
07:03 GMT


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