Cybercrime service disrupted for abusing Microsoft platform to sign malware
Microsoft says it has disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that abused the company's Artifact Signing service to generate fraudulent code-signing certificates used by ransomware gang
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- severity.upliftheuristicn/aActive exploitation / in-the-wild language detected — floor raised to at least high.
- severity.upliftheuristicn/aRansomware campaign indicators detected — floor raised to at least high.
- severity.upliftheuristicn/aCombined zero-day/exploit + ransomware/mass-impact signals → critical.
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