{"id":1196,"date":"2026-05-30T18:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:35:24","slug":"microsoft-nightmare-eclipse-zero-day-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1196","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Microsoft is facing criticism for its handling of zero-day exploits. Someone going by the name Nightmare Eclipse has been publicly feuding with the company, posting proof-of-concept exploit code. Some of their posts suggest that they\u2019re a disgruntled former employee. But what caught cyber security researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/doublepulsar.com\/microsofts-stance-on-zero-day-exploits-is-a-dumpster-fire-of-their-own-making-0946117940a4?postPublishedType=repub\">Kevin Beaumont\u2019s<\/a> eye was how Microsoft has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/msrc\/blog\/2026\/05\/a-shared-responsibility-protecting-customers-through-coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure?\">responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Microsoft suggests it plans to bring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/microsoft-threatens-researcher-over-bug-reports-triggers-cybersecurity\">criminal case<\/a> against Nightmare Eclipse for failing to follow \u201cproper coordination\u201d in disclosing vulnerabilities. They also disabled Nightmare Eclipse\u2019s GitHub, GitLab, and Microsoft Security Response Center <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/05\/microsoft-slams-public-zero-day.html\">accounts disabled<\/a>. As Beaumont points out, \u201cIt\u2019s quite difficult to \u2018responsibly\u2019 report future vulnerabilities when you have been banned.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">What troubles Beaumont is that Microsoft has hired people who have done many of the exact same things. They\u2019ve employed people who have publicly posted zero-day exploits, some with criminal hacking convictions on their record. Microsoft has also purchased exploits from brokers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote _1lkuyz80 _19wv7tc9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">If Microsoft\u2019s tactic is to try to criminalise not following often arbitrary \u201cresponsible disclosure\u201d frameworks, good luck defending that in court \u2014 because there\u2019s a whole clown car of prior decision making within Microsoft and facts which would emerge in that process.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/940416\/microsoft-nightmare-eclipse-zero-day-vulnerability\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is facing criticism for its handling of zero-day exploits. Someone going by the name Nightmare Eclipse has been publicly feuding with the company, posting proof-of-concept exploit code. Some of their posts suggest that they\u2019re a disgruntled former employee. But what caught cyber security researcher Kevin Beaumont\u2019s eye was how Microsoft has responded. 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