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Security researcher Nightmare Eclipse has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass, only one day after publishing an exploit targeting Microsoft Defender. Named GreatXML, the fresh exploit allows users ...

Detects GET requests to '/SetupWizard.aspx/[anythinghere]' that indicate exploitation of the ScreenConnect vulnerability CVE-2024-1709.

The zero-day "nightmare" apparently isn't over for Microsoft, as a disgruntled researcher who's been feuding with the company for the past three months has dropped yet another proof-of-concept (PoC) ...

Exploiting a race condition in Microsoft Defender, the exploit leads to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM. A security researcher has released another zero-day exploit targeting Microsoft’s Windows ...

Key Takeaways by nexos.ai, reviewed by Cybernews staff. According to details published by Nightmare Eclipse, the zero-day, dubbed RoguePlanet, targets Microsoft Defender and allegedly works against ...

The anonymous security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for yet another Microsoft Defender zero-day named RoguePlanet.

Update: Added statement from Microsoft to the end of this article. A security researcher has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit named "RoguePlanet" just hours after Microsoft fixed two ...

Google has released security updates to address 74 vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11645 (CVSS ...