Code Signing
The latest Code Signing coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Portuguese Restaurant Kiosk Borked by Windows Code-Signing Check on WinRestKioskWPF.exe
A restaurant kiosk in Portugal ground to an unplanned halt on July 1, 2026, when Windows threw up a full-screen security warning refusing to run WinRestKioskWPF.exe. The error, photographed by a...
Microsoft Sets 2029 Deadline for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Across Windows and Enterprise
Microsoft will require all its critical products and services to adopt post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by 2029, the company announced on June 30, 2026, dramatically accelerating a previously internal...
Microsoft's Code Signing Lockout Exposes Critical Windows Security Vulnerability
Microsoft has locked two prominent open-source developers out of their code signing accounts, preventing them from distributing security-critical software to Windows users. The developers behind...
Windows 11 Baseline Security Mode: Microsoft's Default-Deny Security Revolution
Microsoft is fundamentally rethinking Windows security architecture with a new approach that could transform how applications run on the world's most popular desktop operating system. The company's...
Windows 11 Baseline Security Mode: Microsoft's Shift to Secure-by-Default with User Transparency
Microsoft is fundamentally repositioning Windows 11 from what they describe as an "open but hopeful" platform to a "secure-by-default" operating system through two tightly linked architectural...
Windows 11 Mandatory Code Signing & User Consent: Secure-by-Default Era Begins
Microsoft is fundamentally rethinking Windows security with its latest announcement of Windows Baseline Security Mode (BSM) and User Transparency and Consent (UTC) framework, marking the company's...
Logitech macOS Certificate Crisis: Code Signing Failure & Windows Security Implications
A sudden and disruptive certificate expiry at Logitech this week has left Mac users unable to launch critical peripheral management software, revealing fundamental vulnerabilities in modern software...
Windows 11's Smart App Control Gets Outsmarted: Researchers Uncover Multiple Bypass Techniques
Security researchers have documented real-world attacks that slip past Windows 11’s Smart App Control, exposing cracks in Microsoft’s cloud-powered application gatekeeper. The findings, published...
ESET Exposes GhostRedirector: China-Aligned Hackers Deploy IIS SEO Fraud and Custom Backdoor on 65 Windows Servers
In June 2025, ESET researchers unearthed a previously unknown threat actor they call GhostRedirector, which had compromised at least 65 Windows servers around the globe. The attackers deployed two...
Apple’s Xcode Lock-In No Longer Absolute as xtool and Cloud Macs Open Doors for Windows Developers
Apple’s Xcode integrated development environment has been the exclusive gatekeeper of iOS app creation for over a decade, running only on macOS. But the times are changing. Today, Windows-based...
Microsoft Fixes CVE-2025-55229 Certificate Spoofing Bug Threatening TLS, VPNs, and Code Signing
Microsoft this week disclosed CVE-2025-55229, a high-impact spoofing vulnerability in Windows certificate handling that allows attackers to bypass signature verification over a network. The flaw,...
Why Power Users Still Swear by EXE Installers—and When the Store Is Finally the Smarter Choice
The Microsoft Store isn’t the sluggish walled garden it once was—but for millions of Windows users, the quickest way to get software remains a vendor’s .exe. That tension isn’t going away,...