Tag Archives: hashes

Cheating Authenticode, Redux

Back in 2014, I explained two techniques that have been used by developers to store information in Authenticode-signed executables without breaking the signature. Recently, Kevin Jones pointed out that Chrome’s signed installer differs on each download, as you can see in this file comparison of two copies of the Chrome installer, one downloaded from IEContinue reading “Cheating Authenticode, Redux”

SHA256 and Authenticode REDUX^2

Note: Microsoft has not confirmed this change yet; analysis below comes from looking at behavior of 14 signed installers. In December of last year, I wrote about all of the different places hashes are used in code-signing. Then, in January I blogged that Windows 10 had stopped accepting SHA-1 certificates and certificate chains for Authenticode-signedContinue reading “SHA256 and Authenticode REDUX^2”

Authenticode and SHA1–Redux

I tried to install Telerik DevCraft Ultimate, but Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 blocked it: “Unknown Publisher”? Hrm. That’s weird. I know Telerik signs their code and I was pretty sure their code-signing certificate is SHA256, so the new restrictions on SHA1 in code-signing shouldn’t be a problem, right? Sure enough, the code is signed with a SHA256Continue reading “Authenticode and SHA1–Redux”

SHA-1 Certificates Blocked By Authenticode

Twitter started to light up a bit tonight with folks who are having problems with signatures; both third-party ISVs: … and even Microsoft’s own SysInternals utilities show1 an error: Developers are surprised to see their workflow suddenly broken and wonder why. The problem is outlined here – the tl;dr is that you must use a SHA256-signedContinue reading “SHA-1 Certificates Blocked By Authenticode”

Hashes and Code-Signing

I’ve written a few articles about using Authenticode to sign your code to help prevent attacks, increase user confidence, and reduce interference from security software like Windows SmartScreen. You can read the overview, discussion of code-signing tokens, and “tricks” you can use to shoot yourself in the foot by adding data to a file withoutContinue reading “Hashes and Code-Signing”