Dossier
Digital Crimes Unit
Coverage of Digital Crimes Unit in the Nexus archive.
- Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher
Microsoft softened its stance after initially threatening legal action against researcher Nightmare-Eclipse for publicly disclosing Windows zero-day vulnerabilities. The researcher released exploit code, prompting Microsoft to face backlash from the security community. Microsoft's updated statement emphasized no legal pursuit against security researchers but stopped short of addressing specific allegations.