Microsoft calls zero-day releases ‘never justifiable’ as researcher threatens to drop more

Multiple high-impact cyber and crime stories: a security researcher published working proof-of-concept exploit code for multiple Microsoft zero-days on GitHub, prompting Microsoft to condemn such releases; cruise operator Carnival confirmed a data breach after a compromised employee account led to the exfiltration of personal data for nearly 6 million people; a Canadian man received a 33-year sentence for using fake social-media identities to coerce US children into sending sexual images; a Chinese-speaking fraud gang registered over 4,300 fraudulent domains impersonating FIFA to target 2026 F