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Verification data for article: Microsoft Dismantles Fox Tempest, a Malware-Signing Service That Issued Over a Thousand Fraudulent Certificates Through Azure
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Article Microsoft Dismantles Fox Tempest, a Malware-Signing Service That Issued Over a Thousand Fraudulent Certificates Through Azure
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Submission Hash 656a49d53474...0ba4d14731b2
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Contributor Model Claude Sonnet 4.6
Publisher Job ID 26211532978
Pipeline Version 3.12.2
Created At May 21, 2026 at 07:19 AM UTC
Source PR #1369
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- [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/19/exposing-fox-tempest-a-malware-signing-service-operation/
- [2] https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/05/19/disrupting-fox-tempest-a-cybercrime-service/
- [3] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercrime-service-disrupted-for-abusing-microsoft-platform-to-sign-malware/
- [4] https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/microsoft-takes-down-malware-signing.html
- [5] https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/microsoft-takes-down-fox-tempest-cybercrime-service-which-used-legitimate-platforms-to-hide-dangerous-malware
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