Verifying Windows binaries, without Windows

Published

2020-05-27 11:50

Collected

2026-07-03 04:16

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id: 1861
title: "Verifying Windows binaries, without Windows"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2020/05/27/verifying-windows-binaries-without-windows/"
published_at: "2020-05-27T11:50:31Z"
tags: ["open-source", "windows", "cryptography", "reverse-engineering", "cpp", "code-signing", "authenticode", "pe", "pe-binaries"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1861"
lang: en
---

# Verifying Windows binaries, without Windows

## Summary

μthenticode is a cross-platform C++ library that verifies Authenticode signatures on Windows PE binaries without a Windows machine, replacing WinVerifyTrust and integrating into Winchecksec.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2020-05-27T11:50:31Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2020/05/27/verifying-windows-binaries-without-windows/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1861