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Re:Windows Defender detects malware in DMD by viraptor on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @04:05PM (#18348845)
Can't find the details now, but there were cases before of AVs using VirusTotal for getting their answers if they lacked any info / signatures for a binary. Could be what happened here, so they're not really independent.

Edit: this describes the issue - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/727967/VirusTotal_and_the_C...

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