Blogging About Everything Software Security – Threats, Updates, Best Practices, Tips, & More
Software touches the everyday lives of billions of people around the world. They rely on us (the software industry) to deliver dependable, safe applications for them to use. This blog is dedicated to working together to do our part to make the (software) world a better place…one piece of software at a time!
May 17, 2019
Code Signing with Microsoft Authenticode Authenticode, one of the most popular Microsoft technologies, is used in code-signing to identify who’s the publisher or developer of a given piece of software. It helps in signing several types…
May 17, 2019
Why Does Code Signing Matter? – Importance of Code Signing Certificate Understanding the importance of Code Signing In today’s day and age, most computing devices come with pre-loaded software. Whether we use a personal computer or…
May 17, 2019
Once you generate the Code Signing Certificate, we recommend you verify that your certificate is installed in the web-browser Certificate Store. Here, we will discuss how to verify Code Signing Certificates on web-browsers: How to Verify…
May 17, 2019
It’s from the “SmartScreen Filter,” a Windows security feature with a slightly different name, also known as “Windows SmartScreen” or “Microsoft SmartScreen.” It was first developed & introduced in Internet Explorer 8, and it keeps on…
May 17, 2019
Does Code Signing Helps to Get Rid of Security Warnings? Yes! Unknown Publisher warning will go away once you sign your software with Code Signing Certificate, as they verify your identity as a publisher. Safe to…
May 17, 2019
These days, almost every device we use is in some way a computer. From our vehicles to a small mobile device, buses, trains, watches, the television we watch each day. Computers are all around us. Below…
May 17, 2019
If you’re a software developer or a publisher who distributes their software or applications on third-party websites, then you already might be knowing how important it is to assure users that the software they are downloading…
May 17, 2019
Steps to Sign and Timestamp a Java Jar File Here’s the step-by-step guide to Sign and Timestamp a Jar File. Step 1: After locating the certificate in your browser, export it with the private key while including all…
May 17, 2019
Signing a file with both SHA-256 & SHA1 Code Signing Certificates using Dual Signing Sometimes a situation occurs where you must sign an application using two different signatures (hashing algorithms.) For example, if you build an…
May 17, 2019
Note: Apple has tweaked the settings in GateKeeper, which changes the way OSX handles certificates from non-Apple vendors and tells the system to disallow ALL certificates that are not issued by Apple. After many years, Apple…
May 17, 2019
Code Signing Certificates are commonly used by software developers and publishers to provide unique identity through digital signature for various files such as applets, macros, plug-ins, codes, and other executable files before publishing on the internet.…
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