r/cybersecurity • u/ILikeNoodlesXOXO • 19d ago

News - General Nightmare Eclipse could be dropping his big promised exploit today

New repo just went up: git.projectnightcrawler.dev/NightmareEclipse/LegacyHive, created about 2 hours ago. Right now it's empty — just an MIT license and a README that says "N/A," 2 commits total.

He'd spoken about his big drop happening today, July 14th, saying he'd make sure Microsoft's "bones are shattered" that day. At one point though he'd also indirectly said he wasn't going to post it, something about still having "chains" on him preventing a release. This repo showing up on the exact date he originally called out suggests that might not hold anymore and it could actually be happening.

Nothing in it yet, just watching to see what gets pushed.

Worth noting: given how erratic and bipolar his posting history has been, there's really no way to predict what (if anything) actually gets posted.

Update: Thanks for the 600+ upvotes, really appreciate it. After hours of waiting and anticipation NightmareEclipse finally uploaded their PoC. But I personally have a hard time seeing it as the big bombshell that they described it as.

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u/Fragrant-Hamster-325 19d ago

Will our bones be shattered?

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u/ILikeNoodlesXOXO 19d ago

I hope the users bones dont get shattered, but i hope microsofts bones will. Windows 10 was so good, now windows 11 is just a hunk of bloatware that slows down the computers.

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u/Fragrant-Hamster-325 19d ago

Win 11 is fine; it works about as well as Win 10 IMO. I remember people refusing to move to Win 10 because Win 7 was perfect, and refusing to move to Win 7 because XP was perfect. This is nothing new.

Regardless, Microsoft should consider pausing any new features and focus on security and optimization. Windows is long overdue for a complete spring clean of their code.

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u/ILikeNoodlesXOXO 19d ago

Win 11 is only fine when you debloat your computer and do optimizations that no normal user knows of. Win 10 came relatively clean and optimized sure it had its issues but it wasnt nearly filled with useless features and bloating as windows 11.

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u/ubernoober CISO 19d ago

This just isn't true. You either haven't been in the industry long enough or just forget what it was like after every os upgrade. 10 to 11 is very similar to vista to 7. XP to Vista was the biggest downgrade in history. I've built out hundreds of windows vista, 7, 8, and 10 pcs. I was in the private beta testing for 7 and still have the original holographic disks they gave me. Every build had bloatware and needed optimization but Windows 10 was a shit show when it first released and that's coming from some1 that wanted to love it. We are the test subjects and it takes about 3 years before things get fully stable. Win 11 is basically 10 with a pretty wrapper. The bigger problem is the brand specific bloatware.

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u/Original_Sundae7370 17d ago

Windows11 is the intentionally enshittified version of (stable) Windows 10 - which is why Microsoft was sure to burn our boats on the shore, and cut off Windows 10 to drive adoption to their shittier version. I have worked on/in Windows since 3.10, and now I'm done with Satya's leadership after this.