Last month, I noticed that my eToken USB code-signing key only supports SHA1 and not SHA256. I began hunting for a replacement that can sign using the stronger hash. Fortunately, I didn’t have to look far—the Yubico YubiKey 4 is $40 and supports SHA256, RSA 4096, and ECC p384. Beyond supporting stronger algorithms, it seems toContinue reading “Authenticode in 2016”
Tag Archives: security
Security Response Basics
Security response isn’t just about the “sexy” analysis of vulnerabilities, reverse-engineering of malware, and so on… it’s probably mostly about getting the basics right. Every morning, I forward all of the PayPal phishing scams I receive to PhishTank, Netcraft, and Spoof@Paypal. Today, I took a closer look at the response I got to the lastContinue reading “Security Response Basics”
DLL Hijacking Just Won’t Die
The folks that build the NSIS Installer have released updates to mitigate a serious security bug related to DLL loading. (v2.5 and v3.0b3 include the fixes). To make a long and complicated story short, a bad guy who exploits this vulnerability places a malicious DLL into your browser’s Downloads folder, then waits. When you run an installerContinue reading “DLL Hijacking Just Won’t Die”
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”
Duct Tape and Baling Wire–Cookie Prefixes
Update: Cookie Prefixes are supported by Chrome 49, Opera 36, and Firefox 50. Test page; no status from the Edge team. A new cookie feature called SameSite Cookies has been shipped by Chrome, Firefox and Edge; it addresses slightly different threats. When I worked on Internet Explorer, we were severely constrained on development resources. WhileContinue reading “Duct Tape and Baling Wire–Cookie Prefixes”
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