Microsoft Defender Flags DigiCert Certificates as Malware in False Positives

Microsoft Defender's recent signature update mistakenly flagged legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malware, causing widespread alerts and removal of the certificates, and even prompting some users to reinstall Windows. DigiCert quickly revoked the affected certificates within 24 hours of discovery,…

https://osintsights.com/microsoft-defender-flags-digicert-certificates-as-malware-in-false-positives?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#FalsePositives #MicrosoftDefender #Digicert #CertificateRevocation #MalwareDetection

Researchers Warn of Emerging Exploit Threats After AI-Enabled Zero-Day Discovery

BleepingComputer issued a swift correction, retracting a report of a new data breach at Instructure due to reliance on outdated information from a prior incident, and expressed regret for the error. The incorrect story was pulled shortly after publication.

https://osintsights.com/researchers-warn-of-emerging-exploit-threats-after-ai-enabled-zero-day-discovery?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DataBreach #Instructure #Bleepingcomputer #FalsePositives #Misinformation

After another 'AI Detected' flag, I resorted to Gemini to lay it out.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/31/this-post-is-almost-entirely-ai-read-it-anyway/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

Gemini produced an entire blog post. It did offer me tips to dumb down my writing, but I declined. I also had NotebookLM create a podcast, cuz that's how I roll.

#philosophy #writing #ai #aidetectors #statistics #falsepositives #aipolice #bollox #blog #podcast #academicessays #lexicaldensity #LLMs #ontologicalgrammar #Parfit #perception #syntacticregularity #critique #Gemini #Kant #language #pooh

UK Law Enforcement Pushed Hard To Maintain Access To Deeply Flawed Facial Recognition Tech

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/24/uk-law-enforcement-pushed-hard-to-maintain-access-to-deeply-flawed-facial-recognition-tech/

Explore how #RetrievalAugmentedGeneration & #SemanticCaching can reduce #FalsePositives in AI-powered apps.

Insights come from a production-grade #CaseStudy testing 1,000 queries across 7 bi-encoder models.

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Microsoft Defender is stirring up trouble—bogus BIOS alerts, misflagged emails, even Mac crashes. Can your trusted security tool really keep up when glitches hit?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/microsoft-defender-navigating-recent-bugs-and-the-ongoing-challenge-of-security-software-reliability/

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#securitysoftware
#falsepositives
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#machinelearningsecurity