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Hackers abusing digital certs smuggle malware past security scanners

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Great news

Malware creators may not even need to control a code-signing certificate. The Maryland Cybersecurity Centre team found that simply copying an authenticode signature from a legitimate file to a known malware sample — which results in an invalid signature — can cause antivirus products to stop detecting it.

"This flaw affects 34 antivirus products, to varying degrees,

Any chance of these chocolate teapots being named?

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