Artificial Intelligence China Defends DeepSeek After US Ban of Its AI From Government Systems The DHS said agencies should remove DeepSeek products as well as third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek from their IT systems. Associated Press9 hours ago
Vulnerabilities Nightmare Eclipse Drops New Microsoft Defender Exploit After Revealing Identity Abdelhamid Naceri, a former Microsoft Germany employee, is the exploit leaker Nightmare Eclipse, aka Chaotic Eclipse. Eduard KovacsSeptember 22, 2026
Vulnerabilities Microsoft Tries to Calm Legal Threat Fears After Zero-Day Disclosure Backlash Microsoft responds to backlash over its threats of legal action against researchers who publicly disclose zero-day vulnerabilities. Eduard KovacsJune 3, 2026
Privacy Researcher Discovers 4th WhatsApp View Once Bypass; Meta Won’t Patch Meta does not plan on fixing the vulnerability because it involves the use of a modified client application. Eduard KovacsMarch 18, 2026
Privacy Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash Amazon’s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. Associated PressFebruary 16, 2026
Artificial Intelligence SquareX and Perplexity Quarrel Over Alleged Comet Browser Vulnerability SquareX claims to have found a way to abuse a hidden Comet API to execute local commands, but Perplexity says the research is fake. Eduard KovacsNovember 21, 2025
Vulnerabilities $1M WhatsApp Hack Flops: Only Low-Risk Bugs Disclosed to Meta After Pwn2Own Withdrawal WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that the two low-impact vulnerabilities cannot be used for arbitrary code execution. Eduard KovacsOctober 25, 2025
Vulnerabilities Elastic Refutes Claims of Zero-Day in EDR Product Elastic has found no evidence of a vulnerability leading to RCE after details and PoC of a Defend EDR bypass were published online. Ionut ArghireAugust 20, 2025
M&A Tracker Controversial Firms Cellebrite and Corellium Announce $200 Million Acquisition Deal Cellebrite and Corellium, whose names have been mentioned in spyware stories, are joining forces to provide advanced investigative solutions. Eduard KovacsJune 5, 2025
Data Breaches Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack Oracle is sending out written notifications to customers over the recent hack after it initially appeared to completely deny a data breach. Eduard KovacsApril 9, 2025
Cloud Security Oracle Confirms Cloud Hack Oracle has confirmed suffering a data breach but the tech giant is apparently trying to downplay the impact of the incident. Eduard KovacsApril 4, 2025
Data Protection Microsoft DRM Hacking Raises Questions on Vulnerability Disclosures A research project into vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft’s PlayReady DRM raises some questions on responsible disclosure. Eduard KovacsJanuary 10, 2025
Endpoint Security Kaspersky’s US Exit Sparks Outrage as UltraAV Takes Over Systems Without Consent Many US users are voicing concerns over the silent, forced transition from Kaspersky’s security products to UltraAV. Ionut ArghireSeptember 24, 2024