Ex-L3Harris exec jailed for selling zero-days to Russian exploit broker

The former head of Trenchant, a specialized U.S. defense contractor unit, was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in federal prison for stealing and selling zero-day exploits to a Russian ...

Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor

The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated ...
Android

Qualcomm Issues Emergency Fix for Zero-Day Exploit in Android Devices

A newly discovered zero-day exploit in Qualcomm’s Adreno GPUs put millions of Android devices at risk, prompting Qualcomm to quickly issue security patches. However, since updates depend on each phone ...

Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia

The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker.
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Samsung patches Android zero-day exploited in attacks

Samsung has scampered to fix a severe zero-day vulnerability, which was proactively utilized by creative attackers who aim the Android user base and the vulnerability has been obsequiously detected by ...
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Defense Contractor Employee Jailed for Selling 8 Zero-Days to Russian Broker

Ex-L3Harris employee sentenced to 7 years for selling 8 zero-days to Russian broker; U.S. sanctions Operation Zero and associates.
Android

'Dante' Malware reportedly targeted Chrome users through zero-day exploit

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has detailed more of its findings on the distribution of malware through a zero-day exploit it uncovered in Google Chrome earlier this year. The exploit was executed ...