Microsoft Revises Bug Bounty Program, Doubles Award to $100,000

Big money for exterminators

Now that Windows 10 is here and off to a fast start, Microsoft wants to ensure that it stays on top of security vulnerabilities. Using the “it takes a village” approach, there’s a bug bounty program in place, and Microsoft just doubled the maximum reward from $50,000 to $100,000 for what it calls Bounty for Defense.

The max reward applies to defensive ideas that accompany a qualifying Mitigation Bypass submission, which …read more

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