Microsoft signing keys keep getting hijacked, to the delight of Chinese threat actors

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinAug 25, 2023, 9:17 am332 pts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In July, security researchers revealed a sobering discovery: hundreds of pieces of malware used by multiple hacker groups to infect Windows devices had been digitally signed and validated as safe by Microsoft itself. On Tuesday, a different set of researchers made a similarly…

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