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The real reason why malware detection is hard—and underestimated

Researchers develop an AI with a 98% malware detection rate and 5% false positive rate. If you think this is a splendid technology for antivirus software, this article might change your mind.

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Researchers develop an AI with a 98% malware detection rate and 5% false positive rate. If you think this is a splendid technology for antivirus software, this article might change your mind.

I developed a malware detection heuristic [...] based on Ange Albertini's contributions. Ange [...] visited me in Leipzig for my master's thesis defense. When I asked him, what false positive rate was acceptable for my heuristic, I was taken aback by his answer. Zero, he said.