Microsoft Defender Deletes Trusted Certificates | 44,000 cPanel Servers Hit by Ransomware
Microsoft Defender Deletes Trusted Certificates | 44,000 cPanel Servers Hit by Ransomware
Microsoft Defender mistakenly flagged legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malware and removed them from Windows systems, breaking trust chains and causing widespread application failures. The issue was traced to a faulty detection signature (Trojan:Win32/CertyAgent), now fixed in update version 1.449.430.0.
At the same time, DigiCert confirmed a separate security incident where attackers compromised support systems and used internal tools to issue valid code-signing certificates. At least 60…
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