Russia
Russia's Operation Zero enters increasingly political zero-day market

Spotlight | Spain
Zero-day vulnerability market tries to restructure

Currently in crisis, the zero-day field is attempting to reorganise, but some leading sellers are being forced to shut shop.

Spotlight | Russia, UAE
Russian vulnerabilities reseller Operation Zero tries its luck in the Gulf

The zero-day vulnerabilities firm headed by Russian hacker Sergei Zelenyuk has been prospecting in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Spotlight | Russia
Russian firm Operation Zero braves Ukraine war to launch into zero day market

Recently created Russian company Operation Zero is offering substantial rewards for zero-day vulnerabilities despite its young age. It has emerged during the war in Ukraine, taking advantage of a more liberal attitude on Moscow's part towards private sector cyber companies.

The Tech Times
FiveCast and Operation Zero

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Adelaide/London Titmuss and Patterson join OSINT expert FiveCast

Saint Petersburg Russian zero-day Operation Zero comes out of the woodwork

China, Singapore, United States
Blacklisted by the US, zero day distributor COSEINC works on for China's Pwnzen

The US Department of Commerce has put zero day distributor COSEINC on its blacklist alongside leading Israeli companies NSO and Candiru and Russia's Positive Technologies. The firm's founder, Thomas Lim has another revenue source, however.

United States
Google battles zero day brokers as much as zero days itself

Recent clashes between Google security researchers and zero days broker Zerodium highlight diametrically opposed conceptions of the fight against cyber flaws. The tension comes at a time when Zerodium is hoping to boost its cooperation with major Silicon Valley firms.

Australia
Canberra's new zero-day bounty hunter Duasynt

The Australian intelligence services are constantly on the lookout for the latest cyber tools and has a growing domestic pool of talent to dip into.

Germany, Israel
Israeli-German zero-day vulnerabilities broker firm Incredity offers Huawei bug bounty

Cyprus was home to Israeli cyber industry in Europe for a long time but some big-name firms have recently left the island, like NSO which has closed the Cypriot subsidiary of Circles. New firms such as Legacy Technologies and Incredity have chosen to make Germany their new European haven.