FiveCast and Operation Zero

NVWA Project goes silent as China "nationalises" cyber vulnerability tracking 

China's NVWA Project for the detection of unknown vulnerabilities has given no sign of life for several months. New notification rules now allow China to collect zero-day vulnerabilities directly.

• BRUSSELS - European Commission orders hybrid warfare centre in response to Russian threat

• PARIS/HELSINKI - Jeffrey Apeldoorn takes charge of ICEYE public contracts in Europe.

• BERLIN - Plath seeks to influence German defence policy.

• NEW YORK/TEL-AVIV - Carbyne's advisory board slims.

• BRUSSELS - Thales and PwC, the European Commission's threat intelligence providers.

• ARLINGTON/ADELAIDE - Australia's FiveCast loses US national security market guru. 

• NEW YORK - Evan Kohlmann, the second Flashpoint co-founder to jump ship.

• ARLINGTON - Faced with China, Mitchell Institute reinvents itself as a designer of drone policy. 

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

As Washington seeks to regulate the sale of vulnerabilities to its advantage, a new Russian player has emerged on the scene: Operation Zero, founded by researcher Sergey Zelenyuk.