Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it

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  • SigThief

    Stealing Signatures and Making One Invalid Signature at a Time

  • > To work with supported versions of Windows, third-party drivers must first be digitally signed by Microsoft to certify that they are trustworthy and meet security requirements.

    That’s a very bold statement when you can replicate a signature, so now the malware is “trustworthy” https://github.com/secretsquirrel/SigThief

  • Apache Log4j 2

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  • I don't think that's a good example. While Apache devs are volunteers and Microsoft devs are employees, they were criticized for their slow response time and seeming lack of urgency until it was far too late.

    https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/608#issuecomme...

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