Illustration of PKI certificate authority revocation and cloud identity trust breakdown
PKI private key signing

Microsoft revokes Microsoft's certificate

It is a sad day when a PKI private key signing software is able to sign code on behalf of Microsoft. Especially when it is found in the wild and

Key takeaways
  • When trust anchors crumble, cryptographic security evaporates overnight.
  • Certificate authority failures prove that identity is the fragile backbone of the web.
  • Cloud resilience requires automated certificate lifecycle management and rapid revocation.

It is a sad day when a PKI private key signing software is able to sign code on behalf of Microsoft. Especially when it is found in the wild and for nefarious use. Public information can be found @ http://www.zdnet.com.au/microsoft-hole-allowed-hackers-to-sign-code-339339044…

Confidentiality clauses prevent me from speaking too much about how / when / where , etc but you will want to cleanse your systems of these keys:

https://github.com/aeonsf/Operational_Security/commit/cc7a6ca1da67b0ab778efd…