An increasing number of cyberespionage groups are using stolen code-signing certificates to make their hacking tools and malware look like legitimate applications. The latest example is a China-based ...

Windows, antivirus engines, and enterprise security tools all expect executables to be digitally signed. Previously, developers purchased an EV Code Signing Certificate, stored it on a USB token or ...

Dozens of self-signed SSL certificates created to impersonate banking, e-commerce and social networking websites have been found on the Web. The certificates don’t pose a big threat to browser users, ...

A reader reported receiving a message in Google Search Console about a self-signed SSL certificate. Google has been sending warnings about this for years. A self-signed SSL certificate is one that is ...

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 ...

SSL is essential nowadays because web browsers display warnings when it’s not available on a website. This applies to local sites, such as websites hosted on your computer for testing purposes. Buying ...

Hewlett-Packard has alerted some customers that it will be revoking a digital certificate used to sign a huge swath of software—including hardware drivers and other software essential to running on ...

An increasing number of cyberespionage groups are using stolen code-signing certificates to make their hacking tools and malware look like legitimate applications. The latest example is a China-based ...