Microsoft has launched a bounty program for its Teams communication platform. With people now more than ever working remotely due to Covid-19 restrictions, there’s an increased need for robust security protocols to protect business communication apps such as Teams. Of ... Read more
Microsoft finds that security researchers are a vital component of the cybersecurity ecosystem. These security researchers spend time discovering and reporting security bugs before anyone can use the bugs for nefarious purposes. As detailed in a post on the Microsoft ... Read more
Microsoft announced yesterday the launch of new Identity Bounty Program, aiming to encourage security researchers to discover new vulnerabilities in consumer and enterprise digital identity services.
Meltdown and Spectre totally changed the threat environment this year, which is why Microsoft is opening a limited-time bounty program to encourage research on speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities
As the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities hit Intel pretty hard, the timing was apparently appropriate for the company to open up its bug bounty program it launched last year.
Microsoft is paying out substantial bounties for Office Insiders that find early access bugs on Windows.
Take a look at the top Microsoft news for the week - from double bounty payouts to job cuts.
Word has gotten out that Microsoft has doubled the payout in their Bug Bounty programs from $15k to $30k in limited time offer
The latest piece of Microsoft software to be added to the Bug Bounty Program is OneDrive, everyone's favorite cloud storage program.