Bleepingcomputer

Portugal Enacts Cybercrime Law Exempting Security Researchers

First seen 7 Dec 2025, 18:52 UTC • Computerweekly

+1 •24.3

Article Content

Include sub-articles 1 / 1

Browse articles

ThreatCluster

Portugal has updated its cybercrime law to provide legal protection for good-faith security researchers. The new provision allows certain hacking activities to be non-punishable under strict conditions, specifically when they serve the public interest in cybersecurity. This change aims to encourage responsible research while safeguarding against illegal system access and data interception.

How this analysis works

Continue Reading

CISA Directs Agencies to Address Gogs RCE Vulnerability Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks Lazarus Group Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Target Defense Sector Russian Hackers Exploit Zimbra Zero-Day for Espionage Campaign Critical NGINX UI Vulnerability CVE-2026-33032 Under Active Exploitation EU Sanctions Russia Over Ongoing Cyber Espionage Campaign Russian FSB Exploits Vulnerable Routers to Target Critical Infrastructure

Portugal Enacts Cybercrime Law Exempting Security Researchers

Article Content

More articles in this cluster

Attack Flow

Defensive Countermeasures

Extracted Entities

Continue Reading