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Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Used in Ransomware Attacks
Microsoft swooped in to shut down a notorious malware-signing service, seizing the website signspace.cloud and taking down hundreds of virtual machines used to fuel ransomware attacks. This bold move, dubbed OpFauxSign, crippled a key operation run by the threat actor Fox Tempest, which had been using Microsoft's own system against them since May 2025.
Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Used by Ransomware Gangs
Microsoft cracked down on a notorious malware-signing service used by ransomware gangs, disrupting the operations of Fox Tempest, a financially motivated group that generated millions of dollars in profits by selling trust to cybercriminals. The group had created over 1,000 code-signing certificates and hundreds of Azure tenants to support its industrial-scale scheme.