Microsoft Defender false positive flags DigiCert root certificates as malware

Microsoft Defender incorrectly flagged legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malware, triggering high-severity Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha alerts across Windows environments. The issue came from a Microsoft Defender security intelligence update, not from a compromise of the affected DigiCert root certificates. Microsoft later updated the detection logic and told customers to move to Security Intelligence version 1.449.430.0 or later. […] The post Microsoft Defender false positive flags DigiCert root certificates as malware appeared first on VPN Central.