15061 Microsoft will pay up to $250 thousand for finding vulnerabilities in Windows

Microsoft will pay up to $250 thousand for finding vulnerabilities in Windows



Microsoft выплатит до $250 тысяч за поиск уязвимостей в Windows

The Microsoft Security Response Center (security Center, Microsoft) has announced a new Bug Bounty program for Windows, aimed at the detection of the vulnerability of Windows and to prevent hacker attacks, such WannaCry and Petya, recently hit thousands of computers worldwide.

The new program is designed both for professionals and ordinary users. Given the General opinion of experts that a large number of hacker attacks on Windows are due to its weak security, Microsoft has decided to bring to work on the protection of the it professionals. Each discovered vulnerability is likely to send a custom report, which will indicate a system error. For professional users the opportunity to earn with the new program Hyper-V’s Bounty.

Security service Microsoft significantly increased payments when it detects “holes” in the system, making them competitive with prices on the black market. Some have compared this fight against hackers with the methods applied by England in the poaching pirates of the Caribbean in pirates, servants of the English crown.

Microsoft выплатит до $250 тысяч за поиск уязвимостей в Windows

In the published price lists from Microsoft disclosed the following amounts: for the exploit Hyper-V remote code execution, the fee will be 250 thousand dollars, and if a vulnerability is found in Windows 10 finder of user will be paid 200 thousand dollars. Due to bugs in the Microsoft Edge you can get from 500 to 15 000 USD. Also a fee of 10% of the stated sum paid to the informant that reported already discovered by Microsoft employees error.

Source: Microsoft

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