Microsoft wants to improve Windows security with new Windows Bounty Program

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Published onJuly 26, 2017

published onJuly 26, 2017

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In a time where ransomware and cyber attacks are ever so more common, technology giants need to take additional steps to help secure their software and products. Indeed, in the spirit of helping “maintain a high-security bar in Windows,” Microsoft todayannounced the launchof the Windows Bounty Program.

The program covers four different categories and gives good acting hackers, and researchers monetary payouts ranging from $500 to up to $250,000 for successfully reporting exploits found in various Windows features. More specifically, the program covers all features of the Windows Insider Preview, focus areas in Hyper-V, Mitigation bypass, Windows Defender Application Guard, and Microsoft Edge. You can learn more about the program by reading below:

Microsoft already has bounty programs in place forOffice Insider builds on Windows 10, andMicrosoft Edge. The company believes firmly in these types of programs and with security always changing, is saying “we trust that it serves to enhance our security capabilities.” You can learn more Microsoft’s Bounty Programsby clicking here.

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

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