VINCE-NT and the Nationalization of the Bug: When CISA Cuts the Academic Cord

CISA officially migrated its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) platform on September 17. Behind the acronym VINCE-NT (Vulnerability Information and Coordination Environment – New Technology), which replaces the venerable VINCE operated since 2020 by the CERT/CC, lies much more than a mere interface facelift or a welcome alignment with CSAF status frameworks. This is an act…

Oracle’s September 2026 CSPU: 673 security patches

Oracle released 673 security patches on 15 September 2026, 247 of them for vulnerabilities that are remotely exploitable without authentication. Six carry the maximum score of 10.0, five of those in Fusion Middleware. TLP:CLEAR   PAP:CLEAR   Unlimited disclosure, no restriction on use. Published 16 September 2026 Subject Oracle, September 2026 CSPU Distribution Public Confidence…

GreatXML: Technical and Defensive Analysis of a BitLocker Bypass via WinRE

1. Executive summary GreatXML is a public proof-of-concept, released on 10 June 2026 by the researcher Nightmare Eclipse / Chaotic Eclipse / MSNightmare, claiming a BitLocker bypass. The technique abuses the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), the state left behind by Microsoft Defender’s Offline Scan feature, and the legitimate processing of unattended setup answer files (unattend.xml).…

RoguePlanet: a new Microsoft Defender zero-day disclosed in the wake of Patch Tuesday

RoguePlanet: a new Microsoft Defender zero-day disclosed in the wake of Patch Tuesday Threat Intelligence · Vulnerability June 10, 2026 · Marc-Frédéric Gomez · 6 min read Just hours after the June 2026 fixes shipped, the researcher Nightmare Eclipse published a new exploit targeting Microsoft Defender. It works against Windows systems that are already up…