CISA to allow researchers to report vulnerabilities to exploited bugs catalog
2026-05-22T02:51:53Z•c678bc260ba52a359f8ef09eee0e6fcd8ad5b0860ae799a5029619104e801fe3
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What happened
Multiple cyber and policy developments: CISA launched a nomination form enabling researchers, vendors and partners to report bugs for inclusion in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. UK regulator Ofcom pressed major platforms (Roblox, Snapchat, Instagram/Facebook, YouTube, TikTok) on measures to protect children and platforms pledged changes. Experts warned proposed UK cybercrime law reforms would severely limit security research by forcing researchers to stop activity immediately upon finding a vulnerability. Separately, two Americans pleaded guilty to assisting India-based “te
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